Jorge Morais wrote: > 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. > Thank you very much for your prompt, clear, and comprehensive response. Your suggestion solved the problem. Best regards, John
-- John P. Burkett Department of Economics University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881-0808 USA phone (401) 874-9195
