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On Sun, 07 Jan 2018 22:25:55 +0100, Marc Joliet wrote: |
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> Am Sonntag, 7. Januar 2018, 19:31:52 CET schrieb Neil Bothwick: |
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> > On Sun, 7 Jan 2018 19:08:59 +0100, tuxic@××××××.de wrote: |
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> > > everytime I emerge something, a LOOOOOONG list |
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> > > of installed linux-gazettes is printed on my terminal, |
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> > > which warns me -- for each single gazette -- that it will |
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> > > be masked. |
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> > > To find the real output in all this mess is at least difficylt. |
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> > > Is there a way to supress that output other than deinstalling |
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> > > the linux-gazettes ? |
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> > Add the packages to /etc/portage/profile/package.unmask. |
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> > You'll also need to copy the ebuild directories to a local overlay |
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> > before they are removed fro the portage tree. |
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> I remember that the problem is that the distfiles can't be downloaded: |
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> "Upstream deleted all files more than 6 years ago and is inactive. |
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> See also bug #628960 |
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> Masked for removal on 2018-02-01" |
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> (For the future: "eix linux-gazette -v -l" will show you the mask |
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> message, alternatively "grep -r linux-gazette /usr/portage/profiles/" |
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> will show you which file the mask is defined in.) |
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> Point is, unmasking won't make the ebuilds work. |
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No, but that's not Meino's problem. He has the packages installed and |
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wants to get rid of the warnings about masking and removal. Unmasking |
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will get rid of those. Putting the distfiles in a safe place is a good |
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idea, in case there is ever the need to reinstall. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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