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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
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 17:00:33
Message-Id: 20100105165938.56158ced@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] emerge @preserved-rebuild EVEN IF some needed package is masked by Helmut Jarausch
1 On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:35:46 +0100 (CET), Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2
3 > But I do need to keep kdelibs:3.5 which pulls in
4 > kde-misc/kdnssd-avahi:3.5 which has been masked.
5
6 Unmask it.
7
8 > Dropping kde:3.5 too early is one of the biggest disappointsment of
9 > GenToo! For someone who needs some package depending on it, it's really
10 > hard. (I do need kexi)
11
12 It's not been totally dropped, but moved out of the main portage tree to
13 the kde-sunset overlay. Add that overlay and your problem will disappear.
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17 Neil Bothwick
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19 If it was easy, the hardware people would take care of it.

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