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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @preserved-rebuild EVEN IF some needed package is masked
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:33:11
Message-Id: 4B43CC2D.8000200@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] emerge @preserved-rebuild EVEN IF some needed package is masked by Helmut Jarausch
1 Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > emerge @preserved-rebuild fails to do any updating since a single
5 > (needed) package has been masked.
6 > But I do need to keep kdelibs:3.5 which pulls in kde-misc/kdnssd-avahi:3.5
7 > which has been masked.
8 >
9 > Is it possible to tell emerge to do the other updates which don't need
10 > this?
11 >
12 > Dropping kde:3.5 too early is one of the biggest disappointsment of
13 > GenToo! For someone who needs some package depending on it, it's really
14 > hard. (I do need kexi)
15 >
16 > Many thanks for some help,
17 > Helmut.
18 >
19 >
20
21 Gentoo wasn't at fault here. KDE was the one that dropped the ball.
22 Gentoo had to follow the knuckle heads at KDE tho.
23
24 Dale
25
26 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @preserved-rebuild EVEN IF some needed package is masked Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>