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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recompile system but omit package?
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:28:25
Message-Id: 4BCB6B50.5000400@libertytrek.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Recompile system but omit package? by Neil Bothwick
1 On 2010-04-18 1:58 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:00:40 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
3 >
4 >> After masking gcc (and glibc - same argument there), I get:
5 >>
6 >> emerge -pev world
7 >>
8 >> <snip>
9 >>
10 >> Total: 351 packages (351 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 5 kB
11 >> Portage tree and overlays:
12 >> [0] /usr/portage
13 >> [?] indicates that the source repository could not be determined
14 >>
15 >> !!! The following installed packages are masked:
16 >> - sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2 (masked by: package.mask)
17 >> - sys-libs/glibc-2.10.1-r1 (masked by: package.mask)
18 >> - sys-devel/gcc-4.3.4 (masked by: package.mask)
19 >> For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
20 >> man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
21
22 > You could put it in /etc/portage/profile/package.provided too, so the
23 > system knows it is there. But what's the big deal anyway, you could have
24 > re-emerge gcc tens of times over in the time this thread has been running.
25 >
26 > It's not as though you can't use your computer for other things while gcc
27 > is compiling.
28
29 I know, its more an exercise for my own knowledge. I learned a few
30 things today that will save me time in the future, and every little bit
31 helps...
32
33 Thanks a lot for the feedback...
34
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36
37 Charles