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 1S7Zwl-00039L-J4 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:11:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7EF93E09C2; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:11:49 +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 B8BBFE096D for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:10:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werm13 with SMTP id m13so1356290wer.40 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:10:51 -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=Urg7U1Dlp3P7X/JF+Ek192GTkxGItx3PD2mY4QiYWec=; b=ExV2dv4YlbDeojIYHxst/w3Gxrc7bkpVgLRcbpUGiLVxJ9Q5pBGWoMl0Pu3Hb1iCYc Jg1eOCvdLgYjbnURMnfW/9j+Tsyy8nOUikUDm74ZyPDi4sA781DXXFwVVr7X6aoKK4Nu z4F0fTDkPdMeKNBQy9qm6+ItQW63SMVl6Wrh6wVxc6Y97ohlHZ24y02ae2rt/twud/nS /8my1UvxemMaVTcD2sVhREks1BGe690D2iRxWy0TnPovGmyvqcYwddzV5vkNGVT9vETU Q7g7RwXVcw13HCaODVYfSVyzIG89H+k8Ax7ntYqxtQGu/Pa7cGnWM5shkK63Fv96FpvM wcSw== Received: by 10.216.134.136 with SMTP id s8mr150921wei.6.1331676650991; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:10:50 -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 fw5sm46722474wib.0.2012.03.13.15.10.47 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:10:49 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:10:03 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how updating to gnome3 ?! Message-ID: <20120314001003.42683267@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <4F5FBD44.9040808@googlemail.com> References: <4F5CCC65.3050204@googlemail.com> <20120311184321.588afc5c@khamul.example.com> <4F5DF298.9020002@googlemail.com> <20120312223538.3fc4420b@khamul.example.com> <4F5FBD44.9040808@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: b6c65970-e2e2-48c4-bf1d-ca608c19a857 X-Archives-Hash: b9997d71d56dd108f650fb5d581a379b Let's deal with your biggest mistake first. You are running a stable system (you have ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" in make,conf) but you want to install gnome-3. Now that is highly unlikely to work for a very long time yet as gnome-3 is considered nowhere near stable enough yet to be unmasked. Portage is going to want to unmask vast chunks of your system to meet the long deep list of dependencies for gnome-3 and this will cause you sever amounts of pain. Trust the folks on this list, over the years we have learned that a stable system (with maybe a few unmasked packages) is OK, an unstable system is also mostly OK (you just update lots of things often) but it doesn't break fantastically every other day. A system that is half stable, half unstable DOES break fantastically every other day. And this is what you are trying to do. You have many options, only two are actually realistic: 1. Stay stable, do not use gnome-3 2. Switch to unstable, do a full "emerge -e world", then emerge gnome-3. It will go easy and probably JustWork out the box. On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:33:56 +0100 Tamer Higazi wrote: > Hi Alan! > you were right. It is masked! I figured out that "autounmask" is not > in portage, because of that I believe that this might not be the only > package that is masked.... > > > tamer@office ~ $ emerge -pv =gnome-3.2.1 > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=x11-wm/mutter-3.2.1" have been > masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to > complete your request: > - x11-wm/mutter-3.2.2::gentoo (masked by: ~amd64 keyword) > - x11-wm/mutter-3.2.1-r1::gentoo (masked by: ~amd64 keyword) > > (dependency required by "gnome-base/gnome-3.2.1" [ebuild]) > (dependency required by "=gnome-3.2.1" [argument]) > For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge > man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. > > tamer@office ~ $ > > > > > > Am 12.03.2012 21:35, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > 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