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From: "Sebastian Beßler" <sebastian@××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Portage autounmask is strange again
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:11:46
Message-Id: 4E4A09AF.3020104@darkmetatron.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Portage autounmask is strange again by Dale
1 Am 16.08.2011 02:18, schrieb Dale:
2 > Sebastian Beßler wrote:
3 >>
4 >> But why was autounmask=y complaining but not autounmask=n?
5 >> The dependency of the virtual was missing both times so shouldn't emerge
6 >> spit some error out both times?
7 >>
8 >> Greetings
9 >>
10 >> Sebastian
11 >>
12 >>
13 >
14 > Because autounmask=n assumes you don't want to upgrade anything that is
15 > masked so it didn't suggest it.
16
17 But there was a broken dependency, not just something that could be
18 upgraded. autounmask=y now, after setting the virtual to -~amd64 too, is
19 quiet and doesn't tells me to unmask anything.
20
21 Still think that emerge should have thrown an error both times, but if
22 it is ok for anyone here that it doesn't then it is ok for me too ;-)
23
24 > Ain't life confusing?
25
26 Yes, yes it is!

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