[gentoo-user] When masked pkg not in [...]profiles/package.mask, where is it

[gentoo-user] When masked pkg not in [...]profiles/package.mask, where is it

[Harry Putnam]

When a package comes up as masked in an eix search, they are usually
found in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask, but if a particular
masked package is not listed there... where else would it be.

I see libtool is masked above version 1.5.26-r1, but is not in
/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask...

  grep libtool /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask
  <nothing>

Where else to look?

Even this: search
  find /usr/portage/ -name 'package.mask' -exec grep libtool {} \;
  # Some weird libtool breakage on Solaris and Darwin

Only finds the cited comment.

Re: [gentoo-user] When masked pkg not in [...]profiles/package.mask, where is it

[Mike Edenfield]

On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 20:17 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
> When a package comes up as masked in an eix search, they are usually
> found in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask, but if a particular
> masked package is not listed there... where else would it be.
> 
> I see libtool is masked above version 1.5.26-r1, but is not in
> /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask...

According to my eix output, libtool isn't masked, just keyworded (and
only 1.5.26-r1 specifically):

[I] sys-devel/libtool
     Available versions:  
	(1.3)	1.3.5
	(1.5)	1.5.26 (~)1.5.26-r1 2.2.6a **9999
	{test vanilla}

That information is per-ebuild, found in the KEYWORDS line in
the .ebuild file; it will have keyword ~x86 or ~amd64 instead of simply
x86 or amd64.

--Mike

Re: [gentoo-user] When masked pkg not in [...]profiles/package.mask, where is it

[Alan McKinnon]

On Monday 02 November 2009 04:17:43 Harry Putnam wrote:
> When a package comes up as masked in an eix search, they are usually
> found in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask, but if a particular
> masked package is not listed there... where else would it be.
> 
> I see libtool is masked above version 1.5.26-r1, but is not in
> /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask...

try syncing again, maybe you're just a little out of date there.

failing that, look in /etc/portage/package.mask*

>   grep libtool /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask
>   <nothing>
> 
> Where else to look?
> 
> Even this: search
>   find /usr/portage/ -name 'package.mask' -exec grep libtool {} \;
>   # Some weird libtool breakage on Solaris and Darwin

Well at least we know it's not hard-masked inside your profile itself :-)

-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

[gentoo-user] Re: When masked pkg not in [...]profiles/package.mask, where is it

[Harry Putnam]

Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> writes:

> failing that, look in /etc/portage/package.mask*

Sure enough... I masked it.. but like Dick Cheney, I don't recall it.

Ahh the joys of senility

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: When masked pkg not in [...]profiles/package.mask, where is it

[Alan McKinnon]

On Monday 02 November 2009 17:43:49 Harry Putnam wrote:
> Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> writes:
> > failing that, look in /etc/portage/package.mask*
> 
> Sure enough... I masked it.. but like Dick Cheney, I don't recall it.
> 
> Ahh the joys of senility

Don't feel too bad about it. At least you didn't forget your girlfriend's name 
(like I did)

:-)

-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com