[gentoo-user] Re: masked package woes

[James]

Nick Rout <nick <at> rout.co.nz> writes:

> > Bugzilla 92501  was the original request.

>
> By the look of the CVS tree this ebuild has NEVER been in portage. How
> it got on your system can only be explained by you.

Where/how do you look at the portage tree in the full complement
of packages that are available or what's not in the portage tree?
Does one just look in /usr/portage/distfiles or some other special
directory, or is there a place where one can peruse the entire tree
regardless of what they have install on a gentoo system?

> If you think it is in portage on some of your systems you can verify by
> looking in the directory


I only said this because 'emerge -s jffnms' has previously shown
the package (in red) as masked.  Plus this page was created:
http://dev.gentoo.org/~angusyoung/docs/jffnms/docs/jffnms.html

> ls /usr/portage/net-analyzer/jffnms/

No, this dir does not exist.

> If you want to build it why don't you download the ebuild from the
> bugzilla site and put it in your overlay? The overlay process is well
> documented, I am not going to burden this list with yet another
> explanation.

I guess I have no other choice.

> > I wonder why it wass abandoned before it was ever finished?

> It doesn't look abandoned to me, the last post was on 19 October 2005,
> when a new version of the ebuild was posted.

OK, I confused see the package with 'emerge -s jffnms' with it
being masked but in the official tree of packages....

> Lots of new evuilds get posted to bugzilla, not as many ever come out
> the other end.

> Once you have tested it don't forget to go back to the bug and report
> back on your experience.

OK

James

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