Re: [gentoo-user] (masked by: missing keyword)

[sean]

Holly Bostick wrote:
> sean schreef:
>
>>What is the proper way to over ride a package that is (masked by:
>>missing keyword)? From what I read it is supposed to be done with the
>> package.keywords file in /etc/portage. But I must be doing something
>> wrong with format.
>>
>>Specifically I am trying to install openoffice 2.0 on my amd64
>>system. I have unmasked it, but the keyword is still blocking me.
>>
>>Thanks Sean
>
>
> 'Missing keyword' is a very specific state, different from masking,
> keyword ~arch, or other kinds of blocks;
>
>>From packages.gentoo.org
>
> openoffice
> Description: OpenOffice.org, a full office productivity suite.
> Releases	alpha	amd64	arm	hppa	ia64	mips	ppc	ppc64	ppc macos	s390	sparc	x86
> 2.0.0		 	- 	- 	   - 	      - 	- 	   - 	      ~ 	- 	           -
>         - 	       - 	   ~
>
> You see that "-" under the alpha, amd64, arm, hppa and all other
> architectures than ppc and x86?
>
> Those "-" are missing keywords. This package is only rated (as unstable)
> for ppc and x86 architectures. On all other arches, the build is so
> unstable, or so untested, that it is not keyworded at all.
>
> Which is why the legend on p.g.o says
>
> "- not available"
>
> Now, if you really really want to test such a build in the name of
> science, you can of course do so, but you will have to jump through a
> hoop or two because you really are not meant to be using this package
> unless you mean to help troubleshoot:
>
> First thing to do is to add to /etc/portage/package.keywords:
>
> app-office/openoffice -*
>
> This will unmask the build with the missing keyword.
>
> Try running the emerge again, but there's a fair likelihood that you
> will hit a further mask, like package.mask.
>
> If so, you should again consider if you *really* want to unmerge this
> package; if it's masked up the wazoo, are you sure that you have the
> time and energy to deal with the problems it apparently has, and help
> solve them? If not, find an alternative (like openoffice-bin, which is
> marked as unstable for amd64).
>
> If so, then add the package to /etc/portage/package.unmask
>
> =app-office/openoffice-2.0.0
>
> and see how far you get.
>
> Be warned, it's quite possible that the package will not compile, or
> will have problems compiling-- openoffice is quite hard to compile under
> the best of circumstances, and these are not them. There have been a lot
> of changes, both in the program itself (hence the 2.0 version) and in
> the supporting infrastructure (gtk libraries, freedesktop.org specs, X
> itself not to mention the deeper backend libraries), and how these
> things are going to interact on a 'sensitive' system architecture is
> anybody's guess.
>
> But of course, somebody has to take the plunge and report back for the
> issue to progress any further, so if you want to do that, good luck.
>
> If you don't want to do that, but rather just use the program, unmask
> and install the bin package.
>
> HTH,
> Holly

Hi Holly,

I can get it unmasked, I just can't clear the keyword.

This is what is currently in my keyword file.

app-office/openoffice -*
app-office/openoffice ~amd64

This is my unmask, which is working.
=app-office/openoffice-2.0.0

			Thanks
			Sean

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