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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:04:20 +0200, b.n. wrote: |
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> > This is masked in a profile from the desktop-effects overlay. It's |
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> > nothing to do with the official portage tree, but a third-party |
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> > overlay breaking things for you. |
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> Now, what should I do? Ask to the desktop-effects guys? |
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Seems a reasonable question. |
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> And *why* does |
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> an overlay mask things from the *main* portage tree? Is this normal? |
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Because masking is global, the sum of all the package.mask files is |
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applied to the system as a whole. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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