From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1I2ZTn-0003xE-UT for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:18:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l5OLGqMM003059; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:16:52 GMT Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.179]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l5OLGoPI003054 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:16:51 GMT Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id a73so891556pye for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:16:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=lm3CEaUif8nkmc1zMbah57v45Nt72SWJyKo7mzteYY+0yRkWvLpSPEXt8y4953enJCixTUBwk8fVQMcDy5j/2mazbW/9nGeJ4iXCgRAgnWfjYVEXGZu+XQKFyvB7XHPyWLDL5xxHTnOSsPNjFmAj4a3UjkC6rsR7TKIaaCGBg0I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=YYjUbHrw/BgF0Em6Nqkpjyz20EvVaXeWB/BE7BLMLB4kvm3JjazJAOVMICRaSNKtN05UB1j+5MJAaHEGIWMaDqLp08R+gaWVX+ks/UagbMhoStTFAzpTFKzxYlON2n57ysBk+4UpTixct4cTNH92i9eFrz4vTQMsVmcfVMDQMJI= Received: by 10.35.86.19 with SMTP id o19mr8645994pyl.1182719810040; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:16:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.84.10 with HTTP; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:16:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:16:49 +0200 From: Beso To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Ndiswrapper - short question In-Reply-To: <200706242214.59225.f.philipp@addcom.de> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_24119_31323465.1182719809993" References: <200706242009.12200.f.philipp@addcom.de> <200706242152.04362.f.philipp@addcom.de> <467ECD7B.7050902@gentoo.org> <200706242214.59225.f.philipp@addcom.de> X-Archives-Salt: 0ba8df7d-7d7c-4c50-a968-bf77c3e0a5a0 X-Archives-Hash: ad6fafd23726a405675a098509d42700 ------=_Part_24119_31323465.1182719809993 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline when a package is masked against a relative arch it would have the relevant arch (for example amd64).... the two asteriks serves when a package is not masked against an arch and even if it's in the stable branch it won't install unless you'll unmask it with the two asteriks.... another example of such a package is the knetworkmanager package from xeffects overlay: it has no arch in the ebuild so it is masked by default.... to build it you have to unmask it with the two asteriks in the package.keywords file.... 2007/6/24, Florian Philipp : > > Am Sonntag 24 Juni 2007 22:00 schrieb Mike Doty: > > Florian Philipp wrote: > > > Am Sonntag 24 Juni 2007 21:38 schrieb Christoph Mende: > > >> On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:23:20 +0200 > > >> > > >> Florian Philipp wrote: > > >>> It's the onboard USB-WLAN-adapter on my ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe > > >>> mainboard. A native driver exists ( net-wireless/rtl8187 ) but it > is > > >>> hardmasked. > > >> > > >> It's not. Put net-wireless/rtl8187 ** in /etc/potage/package.keywords > > >> and emerge it. > > > > > > echo "net-wireless/rtl8187" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords; > > > > you missed the "**" > > > > -- > > What's the purpose of those asterisks? I've never seen them before. > > -- beso d-_-b ------=_Part_24119_31323465.1182719809993 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline when a package is masked against a relative arch it would have the relevant arch (for example amd64).... the two asteriks serves when a package is not masked against an arch and even if it's in the stable branch it won't install unless you'll unmask it with the two asteriks.... another example of such a package is the knetworkmanager package from xeffects overlay: it has no arch in the ebuild so it is masked by default.... to build it you have to unmask it with the two asteriks in the package.keywords file....

2007/6/24, Florian Philipp <f.philipp@addcom.de>:
Am Sonntag 24 Juni 2007 22:00 schrieb Mike Doty:
> Florian Philipp wrote:
> > Am Sonntag 24 Juni 2007 21:38 schrieb Christoph Mende:
> >> On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:23:20 +0200
> >>
> >> Florian Philipp < f.philipp@addcom.de> wrote:
> >>> It's the onboard  USB-WLAN-adapter on my ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe
> >>> mainboard. A native driver exists (  net-wireless/rtl8187 ) but it is
> >>> hardmasked.
> >>
> >> It's not. Put net-wireless/rtl8187 ** in /etc/potage/package.keywords
> >> and emerge it.
> >
> > echo "net-wireless/rtl8187" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords;
>
> you missed the "**"
>
> --

What's the purpose of those asterisks? I've never seen them before.




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