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Bug 198105 - mail-mta/esmtp-0.5.0-r2 cannot be installed because net-mail/mailwrapper-0.2.1-r1 is masked
Summary: mail-mta/esmtp-0.5.0-r2 cannot be installed because net-mail/mailwrapper-0.2....
Status: VERIFIED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2007-11-04 23:15 UTC by Maurice Volaski
Modified: 2007-11-04 23:52 UTC (History)
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Description Maurice Volaski 2007-11-04 23:15:05 UTC 
mail-mta/esmtp-0.5.0-r2 cannot be installed because net-mail/mailwrapper-0.2.1-r1 is masked. The reason given is

# Fernando J. Pereda <ferdy@gentoo.org> (25 April 2005)
# mask these until the new mailwrapper/mailer-config scheme is ready
# it is secure to unmask them to test

Does that date seriously mean it's not ready after 2.5 years? 

I did unmask this and was able to install the current 0.6.0 of estmp and it seems to be working fine.
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-11-04 23:18:51 UTC 
mailwrapper-0.2.1 is not masked in any way; nor is esmtp-0.5.0-r1; please don't file bugs about masked ebuilds depending on masked ebuilds.
Comment 2 Maurice Volaski 2007-11-04 23:42:14 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> mailwrapper-0.2.1 is not masked in any way; nor is esmtp-0.5.0-r1; please don't
> file bugs about masked ebuilds depending on masked ebuilds.
> 

I'm referring to mailwrapper-0.2.1-r1 and esmtp-0.5.0-r2, both of which are masked. 

I don't understand your comment either. What are we supposed to do then?
Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-11-04 23:44:09 UTC 
Unmask both ebuilds or unmask none.
Comment 4 Maurice Volaski 2007-11-04 23:49:41 UTC 
Why are they being masked and how do we get feedback to get that resolved for Gentoo if you are just summarily closing these reports?
Comment 5 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-11-04 23:52:47 UTC 
They might never get unmasked; anyway - move this debate to the relevant please.

http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_148854.xml