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From: "Anthony E. Caudel" <acaudel@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get mozilla-sunbird
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:16:58
Message-Id: 4302569A.7040208@gt.rr.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get mozilla-sunbird by Nagatoro
1 Thanks Nagatoro, the combination did it.
2
3 Tony
4
5 Nagatoro wrote:
6
7 > Anthony E. Caudel wrote:
8 >
9 >> I have been trying to emerge mozilla-sunbird-bin-0.2 but without any
10 >> success. It is masked ~M (hard masked?) and I have tried including it in
11 >> /etc/portage/package.unmask as so:
12 >>
13 >> app-office/mozilla-sunbird-bin-0.2
14 >>
15 >> But I get this error:
16 >>
17 >> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "mozilla-sunbird-bin" have been
18 >> masked.
19 >> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
20 >> request:
21 >> - app-office/mozilla-sunbird-bin-0.2 (masked by: package.mask, ~x86
22 >> keyword)
23 >> # <agriffis@g.o> (19 Aug 2004)
24 >> # Masking because this package is not ready for prime, but want it in
25 >> # portage for better observation (and users are clamoring)
26 >>
27 >> - app-office/mozilla-sunbird-bin-0.2.20050724 (masked by:
28 >> package.mask, ~x86 keyword)
29 >>
30 >> I have also tried USE="~x86", again without any luck. Am I using the
31 >> wrong syntax or is it something else.
32 >
33 >
34 > You need to find the line in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask that
35 > masks the app and the add that _exact_ line to
36 > /etc/portage/package.unmask.
37 > Since it's also ~x86 masked you need to add
38 > "app-office/mozilla-sunbird-bin ~x86" to /etc/portage/package.keywords
39 >
40 >
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