From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KupQo-0006jC-Le for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:20:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 29380E0290; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:20:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.ercbroadband.org (mail.ercbroadband.org [152.53.1.9]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F169DE0290 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:20:25 +0000 (UTC) x-spam-checker-version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) Exchange SpamAssassin Sink (www.christopherlewis.com) 1.2.76 on chapman.ercbroadband.local x-spam-level: x-spam-status: No, score=-4.4 required=7.5 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 Thread-Index: Ack5CE7HaY6CKf6rTV2gKzhWDMCshg== Received: from [192.168.10.35] ([192.168.10.35] RDNS failed) by mail.ercbroadband.org with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:20:20 -0400 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.4325 Importance: normal Priority: normal Message-ID: <49071FA1.9050202@ercbroadband.org> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:20:17 -0400 From: "Mark Haney" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080619) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Following the kde4.1 upgrade guide References: <4906004B.4030707@ercbroadband.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Oct 2008 14:20:20.0087 (UTC) FILETIME=[4EC5B070:01C93908] X-Archives-Salt: 5eef57a6-5fe7-429b-a068-c2ed4f871a0b X-Archives-Hash: 76ba6c51994187bd1842412c5669294b Duncan wrote: > "Mark Haney" posted > 4906004B.4030707@ercbroadband.org, excerpted below, on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 > 13:54:19 -0400: > >> I'm finally to the point that I'm read yo move to KDE4.1.2 now, but I'm >> missing something I think. >> >> Using the KDE4.1 guide, I try to unmerge the KDE4.1.1 packages using >> sets (as the guide states to do if you're using the kdesvn-portage >> overlay), but it doesn't work. I apparently don't have any sets when I >> setup the overlay? >> >> I've upgraded portage so I know it's a version that supports sets, but >> for some reason it's not working. >> >> Ideas? > > Well, first off as all the kdesvn and earlier kde-4 packages were masked > and you had to unmask them for installation, it should be a simple matter > of deleting all those package.unmask entries you added to unmask them, > running emerge --update, and portage should take care of the details on > its own. Of course, don't forget the --depclean and revdep-rebuild steps > afterward, cleaning up the loose ends. Given the flexibility of portage, > there are several other ways to do it, some of which are listed below, > but this might be the simplest, particularly since you should really do > it anyway, thus cleaning up your portage config after your testing. > Duncan, as always you are indeed a help. I do have a question, I removed the package.unmask entries, but I'm not seeing the kde4.1.2 packages. I don't run ~arch, however, so I'm assuming I"ll need to unmask the packages for 4.1.2 as per the documentation, correct? -- Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt -- Caius Julius Caesar Mark Haney Sr. Systems Administrator ERC Broadband (828) 350-2415 Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support