I need to use ufraw, because it can read some *.raw files that dcraw can't read. I had to unmask ufraw because it's ~x86. ufraw also needs a ~x86 version of libexif. Things work OK, but emerge wants to return to the latest stable version, which is *NOT* what I want, as it'll probably break ufraw.
############################################################### [m3000][root][~] emerge --ask --update --deep --world These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] sys-apps/util-linux-2.12r-r1 [2.12r] [ebuild U ] app-text/xpdf-3.01-r3 [3.00-r10] [ebuild UD] media-libs/libexif-0.5.12-r3 [0.6.12-r4] [ebuild U ] net-mail/getmail-4.4.1 [4.3.11] [ebuild U ] www-client/links-2.1_pre19 [2.1_pre18] [ebuild U ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-r4 [1.0.7-r2] Do you want me to merge these packages? [Yes/No] n Quitting. ############################################################### To guard against accidentally deleting libexif-0.6.12-r4 and replacing it with an earlier version, I added a line to /etc/portage/package.mask <media-libs/libexif-0.6.12-r4 Now it's emerge's turn to be unhappy... ############################################################### [m3000][root][~] emerge --ask --update --deep --world These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies | !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "media-libs/libexif" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - media-libs/libexif-0.5.12-r3 (masked by: package.mask) - media-libs/libexif-0.5.12-r2 (masked by: package.mask) - media-libs/libexif-0.6.12-r4 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or section 2.2 "Software Availability" in the Gentoo Handbook. !!! (dependency required by "media-gfx/gimp-2.2.8-r1" [ebuild]) !!! Problem with ebuild media-gfx/gimp-2.2.8-r1 !!! Possibly a DEPEND/*DEPEND problem. !!! Depgraph creation failed. ############################################################### Yes I can "emerge util-linux xpdf getmail links mozilla-firefox", but that'll be a bit of a pain each time I do an update. Until such time as libexif stable catches up to the version that ufraw needs, I'll have to - comment out the line in package.mask - run a "pretend" update - copy the list of packages to be updated - uncomment the line in package.mask - run the manual emerge There has got to be a better way... please... someone... -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
