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From: R0b0t1 <r030t1@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Howto unmask use flag
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:55:38
Message-Id: CAAD4mYjsroWq2jeASufcwJ+hvgPWykKFaN3tHkGMwStodfE5DQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Howto unmask use flag by "Jörg Schaible"
1 On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 8:20 PM, Jörg Schaible <joerg.schaible@×××.de> wrote:
2 >
3 > Found it. I have to create my own package.use.mask file in /etc/portage/profile that reverts the setting.
4 >
5
6 I suspect /etc/portage/profile is not the right place, I vaguely
7 remember being able to override it, but can't remember specifics.
8
9 Depending on what precisely you want, consider looking at
10 https://github.com/Obsidian-StudiosInc/os-xtoo (check dev-java). I
11 typically recommend staying away from overlays, but inasmuch as I can
12 review this one, it seems good.
13
14 You can get OpenJDK 9 packages from Ubuntu. It looks like official
15 releases are not available yet?
16
17 Cheers,
18 R0b0t1
19
20 > Am Thu, 28 Dec 2017 02:10:36 +0000 schrieb Jörg Schaible:
21 >
22 >> Hi,
23 >>
24 >> how can I unmask a use flag masked in profiles/base/package.use.mask? If
25 >> I set the flag for the package in / etc/portage/package.use it is simply
26 >> ignored.
27 >>
28 >> Concrete example: My /etc/portage/package.use contains the line:
29 >>
30 >> dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin:9 doc gentoo-vm source
31 >>
32 >> However the flag 'gentoo-vm' is always ignored because it is masked in
33 >> profiles/base/package.use.mask with the line:
34 >>
35 >> dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin:9 gentoo-vm
36 >>
37 >> What's the proper procedure to unmask the flag locally?
38 >>
39 >> (Yes, I know it is experimental and yes I know what I am doing with it.
40 >> I already use eselect for older EA builds of Java 9 with 1.9 slot and
41 >> new EA builds of Java 10 - just not the "official" Java 9 from the
42 >> tree.)
43 >>
44 >> Cheers,
45 >> Jörg
46 >
47 >
48 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Howto unmask use flag Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>