Re: [gentoo-user] mysql-5.* unmasked

["Markus Schönhaber" <gentoo-user@schoenhaber.de>]

A. Khattri wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
> > A. Khattri wrote:
> > > More importantly, I would like to know why MUST I update to MySQL 5?
> >
> > Why do you think you "MUST"? I doubt that there exists a law that says
> > that you have to upgrade or you will be sent to jail if you don't.
> >
> > > Im running 4.1 quite happily and have mysql-5 masked out in
> > > /etc/portage/package.mask.
> >
> > What's the problem then?
>
> Nothing - apart from not being to *any* updates:

Ah. And you chose to not provide the slightest hint of what you're really 
talking about in your first post, because...?

> # emerge -uDtav world
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
>
> Calculating world dependencies |
> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=dev-db/mysql-5.0*" have been masked.
> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
> request:
> - dev-db/mysql-5.0.26-r1 (masked by: package.mask)
>
>
> For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page
> or
> refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
> (dependency required by "virtual/mysql-5.0" [ebuild])

To me, this seems to indicate that masking virtual/mysql-5.0 too might help.

Regards
  mks

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