Re: [gentoo-user] Fixed bug
econti ha scritto: But reading the message it seemed to me to be possible to fix the bug and that the solution was in http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214265. The interpretation of the message is "If you are able to help us fixing the bug, see http://bugs.gentoo.org/..."; Usually (unless you're a developer) you do not "fix a bug" on your box, just like you usually don't fix your own broken window glasses, but call someone to do it. You at most can set up some *workaround* , that is the software equivalent of putting paper on your broken window glass :) m.
Re: [gentoo-user] Fixed bug
Albert Hopkins ha scritto: On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 14:20 +0200, econti wrote: So I went to http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214265 to fix but I understood absolutely nothing. :-( Could anyone explain to me in which manner I should use the bug page of gentoo? I really don't understand your question, but I'll explain and if it sounds elementary it's because I don't understand what you're asking. The package is masked because there is a bug associated with it. Unless you are actually capable of fixing the bug (and by your post we'll assume no) then you are powerless until the bug is fixed by someone else. But reading the message it seemed to me to be possible to fix the bug and that the solution was in http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214265. Sorry. :-( emilio
Re: [gentoo-user] Fixed bug
On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 11:09 -0400, Daniel D Jones wrote: > Isn't there also the option of leaving the existing package installed > until > the bug is fixed? If the package is currently working for him (the > bug may > be in some section of the program he seldom uses or it may only rear > its head > in certain configurations or circumstances which don't affect him,) > why > unmerge what's already there? That's certainly possible, but I did not perceive that as the OP's question. Admittedly, I didn't quite understand what the OP was asking in the first place. >
Re: [gentoo-user] Fixed bug
On Sunday 17 August 2008 08:29:29 Albert Hopkins wrote: > On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 14:20 +0200, econti wrote: > > So I went to http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214265 to fix but > > I > > understood absolutely nothing. :-( > > > > Could anyone explain to me in which manner I should use the bug page > > of > > gentoo? > > I really don't understand your question, but I'll explain and if it > sounds elementary it's because I don't understand what you're asking. > > The package is masked because there is a bug associated with it. Unless > you are actually capable of fixing the bug (and by your post we'll > assume no) then you are powerless until the bug is fixed by someone > else. > > So your only real option at this point is to unmerge gnome-system-tools > and possibly follow the bug until if/when it gets fixed. Isn't there also the option of leaving the existing package installed until the bug is fixed? If the package is currently working for him (the bug may be in some section of the program he seldom uses or it may only rear its head in certain configurations or circumstances which don't affect him,) why unmerge what's already there?
Re: [gentoo-user] Fixed bug
On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 14:20 +0200, econti wrote: > So I went to http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214265 to fix but > I > understood absolutely nothing. :-( > > Could anyone explain to me in which manner I should use the bug page > of > gentoo? I really don't understand your question, but I'll explain and if it sounds elementary it's because I don't understand what you're asking. The package is masked because there is a bug associated with it. Unless you are actually capable of fixing the bug (and by your post we'll assume no) then you are powerless until the bug is fixed by someone else. So your only real option at this point is to unmerge gnome-system-tools and possibly follow the bug until if/when it gets fixed. -a
[gentoo-user] Fixed bug
Hi all, even if I have been using gentoo for 2 years surely I know to be a newbie again. ;-( Yesterday, upgrading the portage and after an "emerge -NDpvu world" I received the following massage: Calculating world dependencies / !!! The following installed packages are masked: - app-admin/gnome-system-tools-2.14.0 (masked by: package.mask) /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: # Gilles Dartiguelongue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (12 Apr 2008) # Masking gnome-system-tools because it is broken, # to help fix it, see bug #214265 - app-admin/system-tools-backends-1.4.2-r1 (masked by: package.mask) \ !!! Ebuilds for the following packages are either all !!! masked or don't exist: app-admin/gnome-system-tools So I went to http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214265 to fix but I understood absolutely nothing. :-( Could anyone explain to me in which manner I should use the bug page of gentoo? Many thanks emilio
