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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Migration to baselayout2 / openrc
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:56:11
Message-Id: 200910101156.05594.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Migration to baselayout2 / openrc by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On Saturday 10 October 2009, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > for this weekend I planned to migrate to baselayout 2
5 > finally.
6 >
7 > On gentoo web I found this: 2.
8 > Migration to OpenRC
9 > Migration to OpenRC is fairly straightforward; it will be pulled in
10 > as part of your regular upgrade process by your package manager.
11 >
12 > I tried to check this (emerge -pv openrc) and found:
13 > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "sys-apps/openrc" have been masked.
14 > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
15 > request: - sys-apps/openrc-9999 (masked by: missing keyword)
16 > - sys-apps/openrc-0.5.1 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
17 > - sys-apps/openrc-0.4.3-r4 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
18 > - sys-apps/openrc-0.4.3-r3 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
19 > - sys-apps/openrc-0.4.3-r2 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
20 > - sys-apps/openrc-0.4.3-r1 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
21 > - sys-apps/openrc-0.4.2 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
22 > - sys-apps/openrc-0.4.1-r1 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
23 >
24 > Especially "masked by: missing keyword" let me doubt whether
25 > or not it is sane to migrate....
26 >
27 > How to proceed here ?
28
29 Many users who populate this list have unmasked it and emerged it without a
30 problem. I am still holding onto the stable path and won't be upgrading as
31 yet - perhaps because the benefits of doing so are not earth shattering, plus
32 I'll have to learn new invocations to update my systems. Mind you, I'll have
33 to learn them sooner or later when it becomes stable.
34
35 YMMV.
36 --
37 Regards,
38 Mick

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