From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] unstable glib pulled down, but why?
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:13:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080630001311.23a27392@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <486806E4.2070202@gmail.com>
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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:04:20 +0200, b.n. wrote:
> > This is masked in a profile from the desktop-effects overlay. It's
> > nothing to do with the official portage tree, but a third-party
> > overlay breaking things for you.
> Now, what should I do? Ask to the desktop-effects guys?
Seems a reasonable question.
> And *why* does
> an overlay mask things from the *main* portage tree? Is this normal?
Because masking is global, the sum of all the package.mask files is
applied to the system as a whole.
--
Neil Bothwick
Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-29 23:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-29 18:39 [gentoo-user] unstable glib pulled down, but why? b.n.
2008-06-29 18:51 ` Neil Bothwick
2008-06-29 20:45 ` b.n.
2008-06-29 21:24 ` Daniel Iliev
2008-06-29 21:36 ` Neil Bothwick
2008-06-29 22:04 ` b.n.
2008-06-29 23:13 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2008-06-29 23:56 ` b.n.
2008-06-30 15:57 ` Alan McKinnon
2008-06-30 18:02 ` brullo nulla
2008-06-30 17:06 ` Alan McKinnon
2008-06-30 20:57 ` b.n.
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