On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Grant Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > How do I prevent emerge from demanding that emacs 24 be installed? I > uninstalled it a few days ago and re-installed 23 because 24 was just > too buggy to be usable. > > I put this in /etc/portage/package.mask to keep 24 from getting > installed: > > >=app-editors/emacs-24.0 > > But emerge -u keeps insisting that it be allowed to re-install emacs 24: > > # emerge -auvND world > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild U ] virtual/libffi-3.0.11 [0] 0 kB > [ebuild U ] dev-libs/libtasn1-2.13 [2.12] USE="-doc -static-libs" > 1,919 kB > [ebuild N ] app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo-1.3-r3 USE="X -games" 0 kB > [ebuild U ] net-libs/gnutls-2.12.20 [2.12.18] USE="cxx nettle nls > zlib -bindist -doc -examples -guile -lzo -pkcs11 -static-libs -test" 7,062 kB > [ebuild NS #] app-editors/emacs-24.2 [23.4-r4] USE="X alsa gpm gtk jpeg > png svg tiff xft xpm -Xaw3d (-aqua) -athena -dbus -games -gconf -gif -gnutls > -gsettings -gtk3 -gzip-el -hesiod -imagemagick -kerberos -libxml2 -livecd > -m17n-lib -motif -pax_kernel (-selinux) -sound -source -toolkit-scroll-bars > -wide-int" 33,902 kB > [ebuild N ] virtual/emacs-24 0 kB > [ebuild U ] net-analyzer/wireshark-1.8.3 [1.8.2-r2] USE="caps gcrypt > gtk ipv6 pcap ssl zlib -adns -doc -doc-pdf -geoip -kerberos -libadns -lua > -portaudio -profile -python (-selinux) -smi" 23,559 kB > [ebuild U ] net-dns/dnsmasq-2.63 [2.57] USE="dhcp ipv6 nls > -conntrack% -dbus -idn -lua% -script% -tftp" LINGUAS="-de% -es% -fi% -fr% > -id% -it% -no% -pl% -pt_BR% -ro%" 370 kB > [ebuild U ] app-shells/gentoo-bashcomp-20101217-r1 [20101217] 23 kB > > Total: 9 packages (6 upgrades, 2 new, 1 in new slot), Size of downloads: > 66,833 kB > > The following mask changes are necessary to proceed: > #required by virtual/emacs-24, required by > app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo-1.3-r3, required by app-editors/emacs-23.4-r4, > required by @selected, required by @world (argument) > # /etc/portage/package.mask: > =app-editors/emacs-24.2 > > NOTE: The --autounmask-keep-masks option will prevent emerge > from creating package.unmask or ** keyword changes. > > Use --autounmask-write to write changes to config files (honoring > CONFIG_PROTECT). > > How do I tell emerge that I don't want emacs 24?
Portage is telling you how: > The following mask changes are necessary to proceed: > #required by virtual/emacs-24, required by > app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo-1.3-r3, required by app-editors/emacs-23.4-r4, > required by @selected, required by @world (argument) You need to also mask >=virtual/emacs-24. Regards -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
