From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S7Bzq-0003fr-Ri for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:37:35 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DEAACE0E7B; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:37:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26EEEE0E5B for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:36:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werm13 with SMTP id m13so4323920wer.40 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:36:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=98XKd61E7lNqZ4fKUTuspUnrFDnibkSL20i+nmNIhW0=; b=sU/t/EQsgHJSku8tadinSGh3qEHlEBAsOUXiIU4zk8q/zAR7uEL5XaYohBmgr410ro H0OUu/QaXWbK1L+01yR3xEMpHF9BSMnrazt9t6xmKseSHZ5VdvmTmRXoEX3Yk02xdids STpRLiGa6Y/tnvNBkhYIvYu+vXpNP/P5r0yVbdj7jx9x5/yyOFbXDTw/pWhWimM7KTqD M6XIHxVdVKjvItbHg4hD/gzOC8xcQdz0+6PJyzijg2kmcyyFvrN2IYCytaEGAsrsN0Un 3HoKYDeXJ6Vmp+5t1LVGX56Sxw0wsX2FX2etaAr7drfxhxuNb3dhPJw22nY0yqMLG2aa zQgA== Received: by 10.180.19.196 with SMTP id h4mr1069172wie.12.1331584583312; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:36:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from khamul.example.com (196-215-69-205.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.69.205]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id be4sm62655790wib.8.2012.03.12.13.36.20 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:36:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:35:38 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how updating to gnome3 ?! Message-ID: <20120312223538.3fc4420b@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <4F5DF298.9020002@googlemail.com> References: <4F5CCC65.3050204@googlemail.com> <20120311184321.588afc5c@khamul.example.com> <4F5DF298.9020002@googlemail.com> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7e0d1024-2c01-4dfa-b2df-3361e8b9cff2 X-Archives-Hash: 597348bc2901463965c35f937f5487e7 On your system "emerge gnome" wants to install gnome-2 So either your tree is outdated (you must re-sync) or gnome-3 is still masked. The second option is more likely and there are two possibilities for that: You run a stable system (gnome-3 is still unstable), or you masked it for some reason. Run this and examine what output you get: emerge -pv =gnome-3.2.1 On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:56:56 +0100 Tamer Higazi wrote: > Hi Alan! > I thought more or less that I have to unmask packages, or making any > configurations to unlock the update to gnome3. > > If I run now: > > tamer@office ~ $ emerge -pav gnome > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild R ] gnome-base/gnome-2.32.1-r1 USE="cdr cups dvdr ldap > policykit -accessibility -mono" 0 kB > > Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB > tamer@office ~ $ > > > I get one package to reinstall. > > > If I run "layman -a gnome" and re-execute the command: > > > I got this message: > > * If you enabled the GNOME overlay to get GNOME 3.2, please disable > * it now, since GNOME 3.2 is already in portage and unmasked. > > > > How do I install gnome 3.2, that is now in portage?! > > > > Tamer > > > > > Am 11.03.2012 17:43, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:01:41 +0100 > > Tamer Higazi wrote: > > > >> Hi people! > >> I want to upgrade gnome 2.32 to gnome 3. > >> > >> First question, is it now officially supported by the gentoo team > >> or should I keep my fingers away of it?! > >> > >> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/gnome/howtos/gnome-3.2-upgrade.xml > >> > >> doesn't tell me a lot how to accomplish this task. Is there any > >> official documentation telling me how to doit, unmasking, flags > >> etc.... > >> > >> > >> for any advise I would thank you. > > > > What sort of information are you looking for? > > > > gnome-3 is marked unstable, so if you run ~x86 or ~amd64 just > > > > emerge -av gnome > > > > and deal with any breakage. This is generally how gentoo works for > > everything. What were you expecting in terms of documentation ? > > > > > > -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com