[gentoo-user] unmask what ?

[gentoo-user] unmask what ?

[meino.cramer]

Hi

While doing revdep-rebuild I got this one:

Calculating dependencies /
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "media-libs/gst-plugins:0.8" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- media-libs/gst-plugins-0.8.11 (masked by: )


In package-keywords I did a 
media-libs/gst-plugins ~x86
in beforehand. But it seems that revdep-rebuild/emerge/portage
needs the ' ' to unmask this one, hu?

So, how can I unmask "gst-plugins"?


Keep hacking!
mcc



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Re: [gentoo-user] unmask what ?

[Dale]

meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Hi
>
> While doing revdep-rebuild I got this one:
>
> Calculating dependencies /
> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "media-libs/gst-plugins:0.8" have been masked.
> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
> - media-libs/gst-plugins-0.8.11 (masked by: )
>
>
> In package-keywords I did a 
> media-libs/gst-plugins ~x86
> in beforehand. But it seems that revdep-rebuild/emerge/portage
> needs the ' ' to unmask this one, hu?
>
> So, how can I unmask "gst-plugins"?
>
>
> Keep hacking!
> mcc
>
>
>
>   

You have to unmask it.  Put that package in the
/etc/portage/package.unmask file.  Then try it again. 

Hope that helps and I am not missing something else that may be causing
this.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] unmask what ?

[meino.cramer]

Yes, I know...the only thing I dont know is the name of the flag,
Dorry, if my satiric comment of my previous posting miss its target ;) 


Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> [08-11-23 13:36]:
> meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > While doing revdep-rebuild I got this one:
> >
> > Calculating dependencies /
> > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "media-libs/gst-plugins:0.8" have been masked.
> > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
> > - media-libs/gst-plugins-0.8.11 (masked by: )
> >
> >
> > In package-keywords I did a 
> > media-libs/gst-plugins ~x86
> > in beforehand. But it seems that revdep-rebuild/emerge/portage
> > needs the ' ' to unmask this one, hu?
> >
> > So, how can I unmask "gst-plugins"?
> >
> >
> > Keep hacking!
> > mcc
> >
> >
> >
> >   
> 
> You have to unmask it.  Put that package in the
> /etc/portage/package.unmask file.  Then try it again. 
> 
> Hope that helps and I am not missing something else that may be causing
> this.
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-) 
> 

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Re: [gentoo-user] unmask what ?

[Dale]

meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Yes, I know...the only thing I dont know is the name of the flag,
> Dorry, if my satiric comment of my previous posting miss its target ;) 
>
>
>   

This is a sample of my file.  This should help.

root@smoker / # cat /etc/portage/package.unmask
#>=app-pda/libopensync-0.36
>=dev-util/cmake-2.4.7
=kde-base/kitchensync-3.5.9-r1
=kde-base/ksysguard-3.5.9-r1
=net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20070501
=app-pda/libopensync-0.36
=app-cdr/cdrtools-2.01.01_alpha42
=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.25-r6
#=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-177.13
=app-portage/udept-0.5.99.0.2.95-r1
=x11-apps/xinit-1.0.5-r2
<=app-portage/eix-0.13.5
=app-crypt/qca-1.0-r3
=app-cdr/cdrtools-2.01.01_alpha52



root@smoker / #

Note the ones with the number symbol are commented out and ignored by
portage.  Also, if you want to unmask without using the equal, or
greater/less than signs, leave off the version number on the end.  I'm
not sure what you mean by a "flag"?

That help?

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] unmask what ?

[meino.cramer]

I know the unmask procedure as something like (for example)
kde-base/kitchensync ~x86 
in case of an ordinary intelish PC...
So, if unmasking without the ~x86 I will
try that.
mcc


Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> [08-11-23 13:56]:
> meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> > Yes, I know...the only thing I dont know is the name of the flag,
> > Sorry, if my satiric comment of my previous posting miss its target ;) 
    ^
My,Typo corrected

> >
> >
> >   
> 
> This is a sample of my file.  This should help.
> 
> root@smoker / # cat /etc/portage/package.unmask
> #>=app-pda/libopensync-0.36
> >=dev-util/cmake-2.4.7
> =kde-base/kitchensync-3.5.9-r1
> =kde-base/ksysguard-3.5.9-r1
> =net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20070501
> =app-pda/libopensync-0.36
> =app-cdr/cdrtools-2.01.01_alpha42
> =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.25-r6
> #=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-177.13
> =app-portage/udept-0.5.99.0.2.95-r1
> =x11-apps/xinit-1.0.5-r2
> <=app-portage/eix-0.13.5
> =app-crypt/qca-1.0-r3
> =app-cdr/cdrtools-2.01.01_alpha52
> 
> 
> 
> root@smoker / #
> 
> Note the ones with the number symbol are commented out and ignored by
> portage.  Also, if you want to unmask without using the equal, or
> greater/less than signs, leave off the version number on the end.  I'm
> not sure what you mean by a "flag"?
> 
> That help?
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-) 
> 

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Re: [gentoo-user] unmask what ?

[Conway S. Smith]

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:59:40 +0100
meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> [08-11-23 13:56]:
> > meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> > > Yes, I know...the only thing I dont know is the name of the
> > > flag, Sorry, if my satiric comment of my previous posting miss
> > > its target ;) 
>     ^
> My,Typo corrected
> 
> > >
> > >
> > >   
> > 
> > This is a sample of my file.  This should help.
> > 
> > root@smoker / # cat /etc/portage/package.unmask
> > #>=app-pda/libopensync-0.36
> > >=dev-util/cmake-2.4.7
> > =kde-base/kitchensync-3.5.9-r1
> > =kde-base/ksysguard-3.5.9-r1
> > =net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20070501
> > =app-pda/libopensync-0.36
> > =app-cdr/cdrtools-2.01.01_alpha42
> > =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.25-r6
> > #=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-177.13
> > =app-portage/udept-0.5.99.0.2.95-r1
> > =x11-apps/xinit-1.0.5-r2
> > <=app-portage/eix-0.13.5
> > =app-crypt/qca-1.0-r3
> > =app-cdr/cdrtools-2.01.01_alpha52
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > root@smoker / #
> > 
> > Note the ones with the number symbol are commented out and
> > ignored by portage.  Also, if you want to unmask without using
> > the equal, or greater/less than signs, leave off the version
> > number on the end.  I'm not sure what you mean by a "flag"?
> > 
> > That help?
> > 
> > Dale
> > 
> > :-)  :-) 
> > 
> 
> I know the unmask procedure as something like (for example)
> kde-base/kitchensync ~x86 
> in case of an ordinary intelish PC...
> So, if unmasking without the ~x86 I will
> try that.
> mcc
> 

There are two different types of masking that I think are being
confused here.  Keyword masking based on the various CPU
architectures (x86, amd64, ppc etc. & the ~variants), and Package
masking that masks a package across all archs, usually for
stability or security reasons.  Usually, the "All ebuilds that
satisfy <blah> have been masked" will say either "(masked by: missing
keyword)" or "(masked by: package.mask)".  To unmask packages masked
by missing keywords, you add a line to /etc/portage/package.keywords
w/ the package atom & a list of keywords to accept for that package
atom.  To unmask packages masked by package.mask, you only need to
add the package atom to /etc/portage/package.unmask.

But in this specific case it's actually not a masking issue, it's a
missing package issue as discussed in the other sub-thread.  Arguably
Portage should either not give the "All ebuilds have been masked"
error, or should say something like "(masked by: no matching
ebuilds)".


Hope you get it working,
Conway S. Smith
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learned. (Bruce Ediger, bediger@teal.csn.org, in comp.os.linux.misc,
on X interfaces.)

Re: [gentoo-user] unmask what ?

[Fabrice Delliaux]

Le Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:23:49 +0100,
meino.cramer@gmx.de a écrit :
> 
> So, how can I unmask "gst-plugins"?
> 

You can't. Simply because the package 'gst-plugins' doesn't exist
anymore in the official tree. You should update your ebuilds from your
overlays.

Try :

	$ equery d gst-plugins

to find the guilty package.

Re: [gentoo-user] unmask what ?

[meino.cramer]

Oh, I see...and what can I use instead?

Fabrice Delliaux <netfab@gmail.com> [08-11-23 14:06]:
> Le Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:23:49 +0100,
> meino.cramer@gmx.de a écrit :
> > 
> > So, how can I unmask "gst-plugins"?
> > 
> 
> You can't. Simply because the package 'gst-plugins' doesn't exist
> anymore in the official tree. You should update your ebuilds from your
> overlays.
> 
> Try :
> 
> 	$ equery d gst-plugins
> 
> to find the guilty package.
> 

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Re: [gentoo-user] unmask what ?

[Dirk Heinrichs]

Am Sonntag, 23. November 2008 14:09:50 schrieb meino.cramer@gmx.de:

> Oh, I see...and what can I use instead?

0.10

Bye...

	Dirk