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.bea...@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 > > > > -- > > Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, > http://counter.li.org > > >
