Re: [gentoo-user] app-arch/rpm-4.2.1 unmask problem

[Holly Bostick <motub@planet.nl>]

Joksim schreef:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm having hard time unmasking and installing app-arch/rpm-4.2.1. I have
> tried with:
> 
> package.keywords and with package.unmask
> 
> =app-arch/rpm-4.2.1
> app-arch/rpm ~86
> 
> but with no luck. What am I doing wrong.
> 
RPM-4.2.1 is neither package masked nor arch masked for x86. It is
removed from/not available to the x86 tree, as well as several others
(amd64, ppc64, ppc macos).


eix rpm

* app-arch/rpm
     Available versions:  4.0.4-r5 4.2 4.2-r1 -4.2.1

That's what that "-" means before the version number.

You can still install it though- if you really want; I would strongly
suggest checking the ChangeLog and b.g.o to find out what's going on,
since a package being made unavailable to any part of the Portage tree
indicates serious issues-- by adding the following to
/etc/portage/package.keywords:

app-arch/rpm -x86 (or -amd64 or -ppc64, or -ppc macos, depending on what
you're using)

But I wouldn't expect it to compile, or be worth the trouble it's likely
to cause you, all things considered.

HTH,
Holly
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