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From: Nilesh Govindarajan <contact@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Networkmanager-9999 won't compile
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:08:35
Message-Id: 4E9F825A.1030105@nileshgr.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Networkmanager-9999 won't compile by "Canek Peláez Valdés"
1 On 10/20/2011 06:57 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
2 > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan
3 > <contact@××××××××.com> wrote:
4 >> On Thu 20 Oct 2011 05:30:24 AM IST, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
5 >>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Albert W. Hopkins
6 >>> <marduk@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
7 >>>> On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 13:11 -0700, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
8 >>>>> Why don't you try networkmanager-0.9.1.90? It's working great for me
9 >>>>> in GNOME 3.2.0
10 >>>>>
11 >>>>> Is there something in the live ebuild that you need?
12 >>>>>
13 >>>> I can't confirm (never tried it) but I've been told the autounmask
14 >>>> option in portage will "blindly" unmask even live ebuilds.. which might
15 >>>> account for people suddenly pulling in a surprising (and potentially
16 >>>> problematic) amount of live ebuilds.
17 >>>
18 >>> I haven't tried the autounmask option from portage, neither. The GNOME
19 >>> overlay offers a series of files you can link to your
20 >>> /etc/portage/package.{unmask,keywords,use,use.mask} directories: They
21 >>> are located in
22 >>>
23 >>> ${OVERLAYDIR}/status/portage-configs/
24 >>>
25 >>> I haven't used those either, though. I prefer to unmask/keyword
26 >>> packages myself. What I do know is that using live ebuilds is
27 >>> basically flipping a coin; sometimes will work great, sometimes it
28 >>> will not even compile.
29 >>>
30 >>> Right now the only live ebuilds I'm using are:
31 >>>
32 >>> gnome-extra/libgda-9999
33 >>> media-sound/rhythmbox-9999
34 >>> sys-apps/gnome-disk-utility-9999
35 >>> gnome-extra/gnome-shell-extensions-weather-9999
36 >>> gnome-extra/gnome-shell-extensions-system-monitor-9999
37 >>>
38 >>> Everything else works with the latest non-live ebuilds.
39 >>>
40 >>> Regards.
41 >>
42 >> Did you just do emerge gnome (assumging that >=gnome-base/gnome-3.0 is
43 >> in package.unmask)? I'll try doing that again then, till now autounmask
44 >> was active.
45 >
46 > I did emerge =gnome-base/gnome-3.2.0, and unmasked/keyworded by hand
47 > the necessary packages. But maybe just check that the "**" is not in
48 > any file on /etc/portage/package.keyworks/* (except perhaps the ones
49 > I'm using). If there is no "**" keyworkd, no non-live ebuild should be
50 > installed.
51 >
52 > Oh, and also in /etc/portage/package.unmask/*, of course.
53 >
54 > Good luck.
55
56 BTW, which overlays did you use?
57 I tried after reading (translated version of) german guide on the web
58 these - gnome, keruspe, suka, rubenqba
59
60 --
61 Nilesh Govindarajan
62 http://nileshgr.com

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] Networkmanager-9999 won't compile "Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Networkmanager-9999 won't compile "Albert W. Hopkins" <marduk@×××××××××××.org>