On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:00:35 +0200, Arttu V. wrote: > > Let me explain, I want to unmask xorg-server, and every time I try to > > update, it complains about one package, I unmask it, then it complains > > about other, and so on... > > > > so, is there a good/correct way for doing so? > > You might want to try and emerge autounmask: > > http://www.iml.ece.mcgill.ca/~stephan/autounmask > > It's not necessarily the "right" way, and I don't use it, but > apparently some (many?) do.
It's a right way. It works better if /etc/portage.unmask is a directory, as it then creates a separate file for each set of packages you unmask, with a descriptive name. This simplifies managing or removing the unmasking. -- Neil Bothwick Got kleptomania? Be sure to take something for it.
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