From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kqx48-0001of-2m for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:41:00 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9EC32E03EB; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:40:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.185]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A193E03EB for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:40:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id m36so430126rnd.14 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:40:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=UpcpJo9mG76eOi9rbwx0z+63kh0TnAWqyMebPkKwxr4=; b=wNIA4JnxrHDDpaPXQQ4Av/jeBeewIA9qpRA2mXkmjSTUCSuMnsm+EJ+ranRP8VXrVS PkU98WVZwalACn7D4Dy9BqgE5DS8LLhK3tN0dgnu+edRBMJZ8bYbJtll3ZCLTd7kJ5qG VTnc7gNTDprJN8etXw1UJuApLWV4EhN4K6Yh4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :message-id; b=sWJVB1kprqG/ptJ29/yP4u2Pw4srfFQOTbS/MAPP4HHiBj0/9z8nPY/Uk5KPaISVCv daADwS4CQ8mCAU+M1ESAZW6FepYXMPZIEe4+ugdb4Q8hkFCMoF91TLTeT3aZdjdhUUbr 6nRyFDGw0etWit15LKxtyqJeY7ADAJwziw00g= Received: by 10.100.126.7 with SMTP id y7mr4677669anc.116.1224279658169; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:40:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.0.0.6? (dsl-243-231-180.telkomadsl.co.za [41.243.231.180]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 9sm3985710yxs.5.2008.10.17.14.40.55 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:40:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] usb webcam Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:40:51 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <11901901.22541224266578227.JavaMail.root@mx1.canmail.org> In-Reply-To: <11901901.22541224266578227.JavaMail.root@mx1.canmail.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200810172340.52086.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 4b1f62bb-a466-4975-9fb7-c76f3fbf21a7 X-Archives-Hash: 4f5b563d2c139a2d11a761eae68e6713 On Friday 17 October 2008 20:02:58 RYAN vAN GINNEKEN wrote: > ----- "KH" wrote: > I have tried the additional combos below, but still cannot build the > spca5xx port. The first one gives me invalid atom error the rest just give > the package mask error mentioned in my first email. > > =media-video/spca5xx This won't work. An atom with a version prefix must have a version number. > =media-video/spca5xx-20060501-r1 ~x86 > <=media-video/spca5xx-20060501-r1 ~x86 > > >=media-video/spca5xx-20060501-r1 ~x86 > > funny thing is i got the masked zoneminder port to build using these in > /etc/portage/package.keywords You are looking in the wrong place. I would suggest that you first read all the portage man pages: man emerge man 5 make.conf man 5 portage man 5 ebuild It's a lot of stuff but it's all necessary. Now look at your original error and see what is there instead of what you think might be there. It clearly says that the package is hard masked, and that it is package.mask that is doing it. If you look in that file, you see: nazgul ~ # grep spca /var/portage/profiles/package.mask # Sorting out media-video/{spca5xx,gspca{,v1}} bug 159176 media-video/spca5xx media-video/gspca You can fiddle with package.keywords for the next century, it won't make a difference. You need to unmask these packages with entries in /etc/portage/package.unmask -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com