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From: Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system is trying to install mask package
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 14:14:58 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140206211458.GM4127@syscon7.ed.shawcable.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140206203304.GL4127@syscon7.ed.shawcable.net>

On 02/06/14 13:33, Joseph wrote:
>In /etc/portage/package.mask I have masked:
>=x11-base/xorg-server-1.14.3-r2
>
>but emerge is trying to install it, why?
>
>emerge -avq xorg-server
> * Last emerge --sync was 45d 3h 42m 30s ago.
>[ebuild  r  UD] x11-base/xorg-server-1.14.3-r2 [1.14.99.904] USE="ipv6 nptl suid udev xorg -dmx -doc -kdrive -minimal (-selinux) -static-libs -tslib -xnest -xvfb"
>
>The following mask changes are necessary to proceed:
> (see "package.unmask" in the portage(5) man page for more details)
># required by @__auto_slot_operator_replace_installed__ (argument)
># /etc/portage/package.mask:
>=x11-base/xorg-server-1.14.3-r2
>
>What is:
># required by @__auto_slot_operator_replace_installed__ (argument)

Solved.
gdm display manager was pulling xorg-server-1.14
I unmerged "gdm" 

-- 
Joseph


  reply	other threads:[~2014-02-06 21:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-06 20:33 [gentoo-user] system is trying to install mask package Joseph
2014-02-06 21:14 ` Joseph [this message]
2014-02-06 21:20 ` Stroller
2014-02-06 23:24   ` Joseph

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