On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:47:56 -0400 "John P. Burkett" <burk...@uri.edu> wrote:
> Starting March 14, whenever I have tried doing > emerge -D -uav system > the response has included > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy > ">=app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo-1[X]" have been masked. > > On my x86 box, the response adds > - app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo-1.0 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) > On my amd64 machine, the equivalent line is > - app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo-1.0 (masked by: ~amd64 keyword) > > The dependency listing is as follows: > (dependency required by "app-editors/emacs-22.3-r2" [installed]) > (dependency required by "app-emacs/po-mode-0.17" [installed]) > (dependency required by "sys-devel/gettext-0.17" [installed]) > (dependency required by "sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2" [installed]) > (dependency required by "system" [argument]) > [..] > I'm not sure whether it would be safer to (a) emerge a masked version of > emacs-common-gentoo-1.0 or to (b) alter the dependency structure, > eliminating the requirement for emacs-common-gentoo-1.0. Further, I am > not sure how to do either one. Suggestions would be much appreciated. Looking at /usr/portage/app-editors/emacs/emacs-22.3-r2.ebuild, I see that it depends unconditionally on app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo. You cannot eliminate this dependency by changing USE flags. The most natural solution is to tell Portage to accept the package app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo, even though it is not officially stable. To learn how to do this, read the portage man page and look for package.keywords. For quick, "cake recipe" instructions: 1) If there is a file named package.keywords in /etc/portage, add to it the line app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo 2) If there is a directory named package.keywords in /etc/portage, you can create a file in it (the name of this file is irrelevant), and add to this file the line app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo If there is already some file in /etc/portage/package.keywords, then, at your option, you can either edit this file and add to it the line app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo or you can create a new file with this line. -- Software is like sex: it is better when it is free. --Linus Torvalds
