From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F7E7138AE9 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:55:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 616CAE0F9C; Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:55:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yb0-x230.google.com (mail-yb0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c09::230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 00B0CE0F59 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:55:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yb0-x230.google.com with SMTP id f201so2575615ybg.6 for ; Wed, 27 Dec 2017 19:55:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=hY2NnmL3V5XrBtWDPcWrpFPOdwpgvhvuUcN7Y18LZ+U=; b=NVTqwlMcY1rkF/UnydPArdh61JkhMrwF6FDK8YkyjegVOC17KLhMCguo1MCO4JraIx H0kM3i1m7jwMTAPn7pQhzamEmUtflFijUaqQHAFt4nmQiDMsOrjvWdm+oZQAXxCg/E/F rmmfURcQbfa/fb5WpHj3ZqoFpFtCp+ilTBP3kDHtXT+c9iywFLZLVcfwdQdliLgxgBf3 VXbxlbJl5W5/DD0Rnnifipk2mVZJJSvY/I2pKPypykYUwzksT+0LQK/BUBm0dUDE3QZy KaKYLH6fKm64ufnCxN5PPFjUh66vxpWGW2E2aQLdjecwBafjaKVefUMZ8vh72AZbQkoM sCJw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hY2NnmL3V5XrBtWDPcWrpFPOdwpgvhvuUcN7Y18LZ+U=; b=q4SQ5OKsbFOvbaQTTQDd7u2ZWjSu2QoNfgBcgt55ZykReRx9/r3vCmgCCjFo9n93bd lSssb1vW46RvF5M27nr+/hoPR50kat9rtHbCvUzWjjpm81Jza+qBRxwslscIblCErEMX 5/y7zS8Gk3fYmHjWzszK628FOpiSPhk7L/avNjA2ztEg0C96pJ1PqxZOo7ZCirBaRGUX eKdI4xSGRdBxzdFHlgsnMlpeynY6sj7um+tC6HhjX7SYjJPjCuNkK7mGXNsxnVRJ9I3r EYJT0f/nLUHpYdDbxq6J/1CoYcTbDpP4sZIbejH6RP41xOa+dWnLmjzbinPmjLJhC1fF hmFg== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mIhbRzeLISyOc25zo7DvtWk8peOaNmMOeHD0w13SI9S8oj1kRyr jzg5pgSunCAP3cE35+q4gG4E/WICJbOKoFZ7lJJnnw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBosJkptrMTerUWU0n5nykMSyMY6x3nxJh41pP6odI1mGW90xet75jjlYBcq5Qoq/QN3o7yCfNTHoAAep7hOLBQA= X-Received: by 10.37.4.147 with SMTP id 141mr23031889ybe.445.1514433327564; Wed, 27 Dec 2017 19:55:27 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.129.157.2 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Dec 2017 19:55:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: R0b0t1 Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:55:27 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Howto unmask use flag To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 3e318ea3-f995-4fb2-824c-5dab394c860a X-Archives-Hash: a2377d22b74ae21f4cd947e84b274e79 On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 8:20 PM, J=C3=B6rg Schaible = wrote: > > Found it. I have to create my own package.use.mask file in /etc/portage/p= rofile that reverts the setting. > I suspect /etc/portage/profile is not the right place, I vaguely remember being able to override it, but can't remember specifics. Depending on what precisely you want, consider looking at https://github.com/Obsidian-StudiosInc/os-xtoo (check dev-java). I typically recommend staying away from overlays, but inasmuch as I can review this one, it seems good. You can get OpenJDK 9 packages from Ubuntu. It looks like official releases are not available yet? Cheers, R0b0t1 > Am Thu, 28 Dec 2017 02:10:36 +0000 schrieb J=C3=B6rg Schaible: > >> Hi, >> >> how can I unmask a use flag masked in profiles/base/package.use.mask? If >> I set the flag for the package in / etc/portage/package.use it is simply >> ignored. >> >> Concrete example: My /etc/portage/package.use contains the line: >> >> dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin:9 doc gentoo-vm source >> >> However the flag 'gentoo-vm' is always ignored because it is masked in >> profiles/base/package.use.mask with the line: >> >> dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin:9 gentoo-vm >> >> What's the proper procedure to unmask the flag locally? >> >> (Yes, I know it is experimental and yes I know what I am doing with it. >> I already use eselect for older EA builds of Java 9 with 1.9 slot and >> new EA builds of Java 10 - just not the "official" Java 9 from the >> tree.) >> >> Cheers, >> J=C3=B6rg > > >