[gentoo-security] libvc unmask

[gentoo-security] libvc unmask

[Cedric Krier]

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Hi,

dev-libs/libvc have been masked for the bug #127757.
But I submit a patch for this issue and it have been put in the tree.
Is it possible to unmask it? (and also mail-client/mutt-vc-query app-misc/rolo)

Thanks

Cédric Krier

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Re: [gentoo-security] libvc unmask

[Agustin Campos]

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i am not very sure but i think that you must create a file:

/etc/portage/package.unmask

You must write in it the packages you want to unmask. Ah, be sure you write
the hole name (complete name). e.i:

mail-client/mutt-vc-query

I hope i have helped you. If it doesn't work i won't be able to help  you
with this isue. Sorry.


2006/9/13, Cedric Krier <ced@ced.homedns.org>:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> dev-libs/libvc have been masked for the bug #127757.
> But I submit a patch for this issue and it have been put in the tree.
> Is it possible to unmask it? (and also mail-client/mutt-vc-query
> app-misc/rolo)
>
> Thanks
>
> Cédric Krier
>
>
>


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Re: [gentoo-security] libvc unmask

[Agustin Campos]

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i am not very sure but i think that you must create a file:

/etc/portage/package.unmask

You must write in it the packages you want to unmask. Ah, be sure you write
the hole name (complete name). e.i:

mail-client/mutt-vc-query

I hope i have helped you. If it doesn't work i won't be able to help  you
with this isue. Sorry.


2006/9/13, Cedric Krier <ced@ced.homedns.org>:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> dev-libs/libvc have been masked for the bug #127757.
> But I submit a patch for this issue and it have been put in the tree.
> Is it possible to unmask it? (and also mail-client/mutt-vc-query
> app-misc/rolo)
>
> Thanks
>
> Cédric Krier
>
>
>


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http://www.acampos.net

Email: aguscamposENgmailPUNTOcom
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Re: [gentoo-security] libvc unmask

[Christian Affolter]

> dev-libs/libvc have been masked for the bug #127757.
> But I submit a patch for this issue and it have been put in the tree.
> Is it possible to unmask it? (and also mail-client/mutt-vc-query app-misc/rolo)
It seems that dev-libs/libvc is hardmasked, in order to emerge it you 
will have to unmask the package:
echo "=dev-libs/libvc-003-r1" >> /etc/portage/package.unmask

furthermore you need to set the testing keyword:
echo "dev-libs/libvc ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords

After those modifications you should be able to emerge the package.


For an in-depth understanding of the above process have a look at the 
chapter "Mixing Software Branches" [1] within the gentoo handbook


regards
Chris


[1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3&chap=3

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Re: [gentoo-security] libvc unmask

[Peter Volkov (pva)]

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On Срд, 2006-09-13 at 10:20 +0200, Cedric Krier wrote:
> dev-libs/libvc have been masked for the bug #127757.

The problem is not security, the problem is that there is no maintainer
for rolo and it's deps. Maintainer should unmask the package but seems
that nobody of gentoo developers want to maintain it and I can
understand them ;). rolo has dead upstream as there was no new releases
for more then 3 years. This means that to fix any bug maintainer has to
look into sources, and fix it by himself... No joy if you are not using
this application.

Thus currently the best solution is to unmask it locally as it was
already told you and may be even copy 
dev-libs/libvc
mail-client/mutt-vc-query
app-misc/rolo
into your local overlay, as if this situation persist rolo could be
removed from portage completely.

Regards,
Peter.

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