Gentoo Websites Logo
Go to: Gentoo Home Documentation Forums Lists Bugs Planet Store Wiki Get Gentoo!
Bug 2411 - alsa packages masked wrong?
Summary: alsa packages masked wrong?
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Arcady Genkin (RETIRED)
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
: 2420 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2002-05-03 17:15 UTC by Brandon Low (RETIRED)
Modified: 2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
Description Brandon Low (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-05-03 17:15:05 UTC 
=media-sound/alsa-utils-0.9.0.1_beta10*
=media-libs/alsa-lib-0.9.0.1_beta10*
=media-libs/alsa-oss-0.9.0.1_beta10*

still lets portage try to merge the bad packages...
=media-sound/alsa-utils-0.9.0.1_beta10
=media-libs/alsa-lib-0.9.0.1_beta10
=media-libs/alsa-oss-0.9.0.1_beta10

seems to work
Comment 1 Arcady Genkin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-05-03 17:24:20 UTC 
Brandon, you are really keeping me busy. ;^)

Anyhow, what you quote in the example is not what should be in the package.mask.
 What *I* put into the package.mask is the following:

~media-sound/alsa-utils-0.9.0.1_beta10
~media-libs/alsa-lib-0.9.0.1_beta10
~media-libs/alsa-oss-0.9.0.1_beta10

Where did you get the version with the asterisks from?
Comment 2 Brandon Low (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-05-03 18:12:26 UTC 
The version with the stars came from drobbins I believe...

# NOTE: don't use ~ deps in package masks because they break 1.8.8 portage and 
aren't
# correct anyway -- drobbins, 02 May 2002

my point was just that we don't seem to need stars or ~s... I'm kinda wondering 
why the version with the stars DOESN'T work on my system...
Comment 3 Arcady Genkin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-05-03 18:59:19 UTC 
Oh! I was unaware of that.  Drobbins: the asterisks in package.mask don't seem
to work for me either (portage 1.9.6).  I'm changing the mask to use "=", as
suggested by Brandon.  Any comments?  Also, I wonder why tilde is incorrect in
the package.mask file?
Comment 4 Arcady Genkin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-05-03 21:06:30 UTC 
*** Bug 2420 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***