On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 11:50:42 +0100, Michael wrote: > !!! The following installed packages are masked: > - app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-5.2.40.137108::gentoo (masked by: > package.mask) /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: > # Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> (2020-08-22) > # These packages (or package versions) still require Python 2.7. > # They are either dead upstream, their Python 3 porting efforts are > # not progressing or their maintainers are simply unresponsive. > # Please do not remove any packages from this list unless you actually > # port it to Python 3. > # Removal in 30 days. Tracker bug #694800. > > For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge > man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. > ===================== > > I have a number of VBox VM systems, some with active software licenses > running on them and the VBox-bin is a low-maintenance and convenient > way to run them. I'd prefer to avoid emerging a non-bin VBox. Is there > some way I could keep older packages running in Gentoo, until more up > to date versions appear again in the tree (if ever)?
Copy the ebuild to a local overlay and add app-emulation/virtualbox-bin to /etc/portage/profile/package.unmask. -- Neil Bothwick Having children will turn you into your parents.
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