Summary: | net-wireless/ipw2200 masked with no explanation in ChangeLog | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | sfp-a7x <gentoo-a7x> |
Component: | New packages | Assignee: | Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers> |
Status: | VERIFIED INVALID | ||
Severity: | normal | ||
Priority: | High | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
Whiteboard: | |||
Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
sfp-a7x
2007-01-20 17:30:50 UTC
# grep -C4 net-wireless/ipw2200 /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask # Christian Heim <phreak@gentoo.org> (19 Jan 2007) # Masked, pending removal in 30 days. Please stop using the external package # and use the in-kernel equivalents net-wireless/ipw2100 net-wireless/ipw2200 Ah, I was not aware that there were package mask comments in there. I use packages.gentoo.org to see what's new with packages, and that doesn't grep and display package.mask for me. But, now I'm aware of this file, so thank you for the info. :) But, I still think it would be wise to update the ChangeLog, since many non-devs (like me) won't know to look in some seemingly random file in the depths of portage. You know, portage will read it for you... :) # emerge -pv net-wireless/ipw2200 These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies \ !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "net-wireless/ipw2200" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - net-wireless/ipw2200-1.1.3 (masked by: package.mask) # Christian Heim <phreak@gentoo.org> (19 Jan 2007) # Masked, pending removal in 30 days. Please stop using the external package # and use the in-kernel equivalents - net-wireless/ipw2200-1.2.0 (masked by: package.mask) - net-wireless/ipw2200-1.1.2-r1 (masked by: package.mask) For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. (In reply to comment #3) > You know, portage will read it for you... :) Huh, I didn't know that. I'm guessing that the message only shows if you specify the package rather than updating world: ====================================== # emerge -aDNtuv world These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating world dependencies | !!! Ebuilds for the following packages are either all !!! masked or don't exist: net-wireless/ipw2200 ... done! Total size of downloads: 0 kB Nothing to merge; would you like to auto-clean packages? [Yes/No] ====================================== Perhaps this is a bug in portage? (In reply to comment #4) > Perhaps this is a bug in portage? Its the way it should be. Imagine if you are updating world and 20 packages are masked? You would get a full log. The right way to do it is checking the package that has been reported as masked with the --pretend option. |