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From: "Markus Schönhaber" <gentoo-user@×××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mysql-5.* unmasked
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:27:18
Message-Id: 200611232020.34713.gentoo-user@schoenhaber.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] mysql-5.* unmasked by "A. Khattri"
1 A. Khattri wrote:
2 > On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
3 > > A. Khattri wrote:
4 > > > More importantly, I would like to know why MUST I update to MySQL 5?
5 > >
6 > > Why do you think you "MUST"? I doubt that there exists a law that says
7 > > that you have to upgrade or you will be sent to jail if you don't.
8 > >
9 > > > Im running 4.1 quite happily and have mysql-5 masked out in
10 > > > /etc/portage/package.mask.
11 > >
12 > > What's the problem then?
13 >
14 > Nothing - apart from not being to *any* updates:
15
16 Ah. And you chose to not provide the slightest hint of what you're really
17 talking about in your first post, because...?
18
19 > # emerge -uDtav world
20 >
21 > These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
22 >
23 > Calculating world dependencies |
24 > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=dev-db/mysql-5.0*" have been masked.
25 > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
26 > request:
27 > - dev-db/mysql-5.0.26-r1 (masked by: package.mask)
28 >
29 >
30 > For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page
31 > or
32 > refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
33 > (dependency required by "virtual/mysql-5.0" [ebuild])
34
35 To me, this seems to indicate that masking virtual/mysql-5.0 too might help.
36
37 Regards
38 mks
39
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Re: [gentoo-user] mysql-5.* unmasked Ajai Khattri <ajai@××××.net>