You can allow it to install the masked packages by typing:

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge --update --deep world (you can also use
--keep-going, instead of --skip-first and it will try and continue when it
finds errors).

Actually, you can only use ~x86 if you are using an i686 or whatever (no
good for amd or other arch's).

Some correct me if I'm wrong, or have I misunderstood the problem?

On 27 March 2011 19:50, CJoeB <colleen.beamer@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> See output below.  I understand what this is telling me.  However, the
> issue is if I unmask libkexiv2 and kipi-plugins, I get further messages
> about some other kde package that is masked by ~x86 keyword.  And this goes
> on continuously.
>
> If I do emerge --pretend --update --deep --skip-first world, the second set
> of output is provided and this causes other problems - for instance, there
> are a whole whack of packages that depend on gettext.
>
> I haven't been able to update my system in well over a month.  I keep
> hoping a sync will somehow miraculously correct my problem.
>
> Anyone have any ideas how to get around this?
>
> penguinchick ~ # emerge --pretend --update --deep world
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
>
> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=kde-base/libkexiv2-4.5[aqua=]" have
> been masked.
> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
> request:
> - kde-base/libkexiv2-4.6.1 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
> - kde-base/libkexiv2-4.6.0 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
> - kde-base/libkexiv2-4.5.5 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
>
> (dependency required by "media-plugins/kipi-plugins-1.9.0" [ebuild])
> (dependency required by "@selected")
> (dependency required by "@world" [argument])
> For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
> man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> penguinchick ~ # emerge --pretend --update --deep --skip-first world
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> !!! One or more packages have been dropped due to
> !!! masking or unsatisfied dependencies:
>
>  (sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r1, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>  (dev-python/pygtksourceview-2.10.1, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>  (dev-vcs/git-1.7.3.4-r1, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>
> [ebuild     U ] sys-apps/attr-2.4.44 [2.4.43]
> [ebuild     U ] sys-devel/bison-2.4.2 [2.4.1]
> [ebuild     U ] x11-misc/shared-mime-info-0.80 [0.71]
> [ebuild     U ] sys-apps/coreutils-8.7 [8.5]
> [ebuild     U ] sys-libs/pam-1.1.3 [1.1.1-r2]
> v
>
> Regards,
>
> Colleen
>
>
>
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