On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 19:11:40 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 4:29 PM John Covici <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 14:55:53 -0400, > > Rich Freeman wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 2:04 PM John Covici <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > So, I have not been able to figure this out, it did not abort and > > > > wants to install the masked package, so hear is the whole output --- > > > > thanks for all your help. > > > > > > > > > > What is the actual package.mask set to? Does the same mask cover both > > > the installed and upgraded version of gtk+? It seems odd to me that > > > emerge would even offer the option to continue if a package was > > > masked. You might want to check with the portage team. > > > > The line in my /etc/portage/package.mask says > > >x11-libs/gtk+-3.22.30 > > Are you sure you don't have it also unmasked in package.unmask or similar? > > It looks like the version you already have installed is masked. So, > perhaps portage doesn't consider upgrading from an already-installed > masked version to a newer masked version a problem. > > > > > How do I get in touch with the portage team? > > Well, aside from pinging on IRC you could file a bug. I'm not sure if > it is behaving as expected since you already have a masked package > installed. > > I'm actually surprised it didn't try to downgrade gtk+ to an older > version, unless something else needs the installed version. Or unless > you have it unmasked someplace else.
Ahhh, that was the secret, I had a huge unmask file originally for gnome -- a much older version and there it was, >gtk+3.21 . Thanks a lot for your help and I will now see if it behaves better. And yep, it is now working as expected. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una cov...@ccs.covici.com