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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Understanding sets
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:19:29
Message-Id: 20100105201825.604f0923@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Understanding sets by Zeerak Waseem
1 On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:53:13 +0100, Zeerak Waseem wrote:
2
3 > >> 3) With set files in /usr/portage/sets and running "emerge -u @foo"
4 > >> portage yields that @foo isn't a valid package atom, any idea why
5 > >> this is?
6 > >
7 > > Your portage is too old? In case of an error, you should get an
8 > > "emerge: There are no sets to satisfy 'foo'" message, and a list of
9 > > known sets.
10
11 > Ah well, having the sets in the wrong place would give me an error.
12
13 Yes, but that would be a "set not found" error, not a "WTF is this
14 @" error.
15
16 > And regarding portage version, weren't sets included in v. 2.x.x? My
17 > portage version is 2.1.7.16, anything above seems to be hardmasked...
18
19 Sets need portage 2.2, you'll have to unmask it.
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22 --
23 Neil Bothwick
24
25 Q: How many builders does it take to change a light bulb?
26 A: "If only it was just the light bulb......we'll have to replace the
27 ceiling and..........."

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