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From: covici@××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] serious problems trying to go to new abi_x86_32 support
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 22:09:13
Message-Id: 7152.1429913341@ccs.covici.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] serious problems trying to go to new abi_x86_32 support by Mike Gilbert
1 Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote:
2
3 > On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 4:51 PM, <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
4 > > Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote:
5 > >
6 > >> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 3:37 PM, <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
7 > >> > Hi. So, I am trying to go to the new support for abi_x86_32, so I
8 > >> > unmerged all the emul_x86 packages (after doing quickpkg on them,
9 > >> > because I am a coward), and then it was complaining that I should run
10 > >> > emerge @preserved-rebuild which I did and every time I run that, it
11 > >> > gives me another package to change its use flag to add abi_x86_32.
12 > >> > After doing some 70 of those (a pain), I get to something which I cannot
13 > >> > solve. At some early point portage suggested that I run --newuse
14 > >> > --update when doing this, but now I am down to the following:
15 > >> > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy
16 > >> > ">=sys-apps/systemd-212-r5:0/2[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_ppc_32(-)?,abi_ppc_64(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?]"
17 > >> > have been masked.
18 > >> > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
19 > >> > request:
20 > >> > - sys-apps/systemd-9999::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, missing
21 > >> > keyword)
22 > >> > /etc/portage/package.mask:
23 > >> > #need that system because of older kernel
24 > >>
25 > >> I'm confused. Are you saying that you have sys-apps/systemd in
26 > >> /etc/portage/package.mask?
27 > > ]
28 > > I had to mask off later versions of systemd because I cannot use a
29 > > kernel which is required by later versions of systemd.
30 >
31 > Later than what? What version of systemd do you have installed?
32 >
33 > There is probably no way to resolve the situation you are in if you
34 > cannot rebuild systemd with the appropriate use flags.
35
36 I am using 2.12-r5. I guess I need to restore the system to before I
37 started fooling with things. I tried to pub abi_x86_32 in the
38 make.conf, but no joy.
39
40
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45
46 John Covici
47 covici@××××××××××.com

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