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Found it. I have to create my own package.use.mask file in /etc/portage/profile that reverts the setting. |
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Am Thu, 28 Dec 2017 02:10:36 +0000 schrieb Jörg Schaible: |
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> Hi, |
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> how can I unmask a use flag masked in profiles/base/package.use.mask? If |
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> I set the flag for the package in / etc/portage/package.use it is simply |
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> ignored. |
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> Concrete example: My /etc/portage/package.use contains the line: |
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> dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin:9 doc gentoo-vm source |
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> However the flag 'gentoo-vm' is always ignored because it is masked in |
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> profiles/base/package.use.mask with the line: |
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> dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin:9 gentoo-vm |
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> What's the proper procedure to unmask the flag locally? |
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> (Yes, I know it is experimental and yes I know what I am doing with it. |
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> I already use eselect for older EA builds of Java 9 with 1.9 slot and |
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> new EA builds of Java 10 - just not the "official" Java 9 from the |
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> tree.) |
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> Cheers, |
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> Jörg |