Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get mozilla-sunbird

[Nagatoro <nagatoro@gmail.com>]

Anthony E. Caudel wrote:
> I have been trying to emerge mozilla-sunbird-bin-0.2 but without any
> success. It is masked ~M (hard masked?) and I have tried including it in
> /etc/portage/package.unmask as so:
> 
>     app-office/mozilla-sunbird-bin-0.2
> 
> But I get this error:
> 
> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "mozilla-sunbird-bin" have been masked.
> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
> - app-office/mozilla-sunbird-bin-0.2 (masked by: package.mask, ~x86 keyword)
> # <agriffis@gentoo.org> (19 Aug 2004)
> # Masking because this package is not ready for prime, but want it in
> # portage for better observation (and users are clamoring)
> 
> - app-office/mozilla-sunbird-bin-0.2.20050724 (masked by: package.mask, ~x86 keyword)
> 
> I have also tried USE="~x86", again without any luck. Am I using the
> wrong syntax or is it something else.

You need to find the line in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask that 
masks the app and the add that _exact_ line to /etc/portage/package.unmask.
Since it's also ~x86 masked you need to add 
"app-office/mozilla-sunbird-bin ~x86" to /etc/portage/package.keywords


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