Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --unmerge fails
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:40:23
Message-Id: AANLkTimsoGSBcUQ=2o7Oo9qM-ENQfhDEy1s_sLjHqMjF@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --unmerge fails by Neil Bothwick
1 On 14 October 2010 01:36, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:52:14 -0700, Hilco Wijbenga wrote:
3 >> > Have you tried upgrading to the latest version of Portage 2.2? The
4 >> > newest version in the tree is currently portage-2.2_rc95, while you're
5 >> > still using portage-2.2_rc67. Perhaps there's a bug causing this that
6 >> > was fixed in subsequent release?
7 >>
8 >> I didn't really want to be running cutting edge portage but it did
9 >> solve my problem. I can unmerge again. :-)
10 >
11 > 2.2 is cutting edge, that's why it's masked. If you're going to run
12 > cutting edge, you may as well use the sharpest version.
13
14 True. Would it be safe to downgrade to the latest 2.1?