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From: "A. Khattri" <ajai@××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mysql-5.* unmasked
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:47:52
Message-Id: Pine.BSO.4.58.0611231257220.24908@ida.bway.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] mysql-5.* unmasked by "Markus Schönhaber"
1 On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
2
3 > A. Khattri wrote:
4 > > On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Grant wrote:
5 > > > emerge world wants to update mysql from 4.1.21 to 5.0.26-r1 on my
6 > > > server this morning. Has anyone made a similar upgrade?
7 > >
8 > > More importantly, I would like to know why MUST I update to MySQL 5?
9 >
10 > Why do you think you "MUST"? I doubt that there exists a law that says that
11 > you have to upgrade or you will be sent to jail if you don't.
12 >
13 > > Im running 4.1 quite happily and have mysql-5 masked out in
14 > > /etc/portage/package.mask.
15 >
16 > What's the problem then?
17
18 Nothing - apart from not being to *any* updates:
19
20 # emerge -uDtav world
21
22 These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
23
24 Calculating world dependencies |
25 !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=dev-db/mysql-5.0*" have been masked.
26 !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
27 request:
28 - dev-db/mysql-5.0.26-r1 (masked by: package.mask)
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31 For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page
32 or
33 refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
34 (dependency required by "virtual/mysql-5.0" [ebuild])
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38 !!! Problem resolving dependencies for dev-db/mysql
39 !!! Depgraph creation failed.
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45 Nice.
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] mysql-5.* unmasked "Markus Schönhaber" <gentoo-user@×××××××××××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] mysql-5.* unmasked Ryan Tandy <tarpman@×××××××××××××××××.com>