On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 20:44:36 -0400, Fernando Rodriguez wrote:

> > app-emulation/xen-tools -hvm
> > 
> > Note the -, you are negating the mask. the syntax if perfectly
> > logical if you think about it with the right kind of logic.  
> 
> It is perfectly logical, it just don't follow the same convention used
> for masking/unmasking packages. I did look at the man page but I just
> did a quick search for .unmask

It does make sense, as you are removing the mask.
 
> > Of course, there may be a very good reason why this flag is masked on
> > no-multilib profiles, in which case you will not only see why but get
> > to keep the resulting shrapnel.  
> 
> In this case, judging by the bug report on the ChangeLog, I think the
> issue was fixed and they forgot to unmask the use flag.

In that case, if it works with the flag for you, you should file a bug
report to request the mask's removal.


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