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Bug 187998

Summary: portage gives error that pidgin is masked or does not exist
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: nathan <ndowens04>
Component: [OLD] UnspecifiedAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: VERIFIED INVALID    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description nathan 2007-08-07 12:40:32 UTC
When emerging pidgin or doing world update, portage states that pidgin is masked or dont exist, which it does exist and it is not masked on my settings.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge --sync
2.emerge pidgin
3.or emerge -uD world

Actual Results:  
Calculating world dependencies \
!!! Ebuilds for the following packages are either all
!!! masked or don't exist:
net-im/pidgin

... done!


Expected Results:  
to either upgrade pidgin or not give error
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-08-07 12:43:16 UTC
Reopen with emerge --info and `grep -Rni net-im/pidgin /etc/portage` output.
Comment 2 nathan 2007-08-08 00:14:29 UTC
Gentoo nowens # emerge --info | `grep -Rni net-im/pidgin /etc/portage`
Gentoo nowens # 
Comment 3 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-08-08 04:06:02 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> Gentoo nowens # emerge --info | `grep -Rni net-im/pidgin /etc/portage`

How did (English) "and" turn into a pipe so suddenly?

Jakub asked for the output of both

# emerge --info

and

# grep -Rni net-im/pidgin /etc/portage
Comment 4 nathan 2007-08-08 11:09:21 UTC
emerge --info:

Portage 2.1.2.11 (default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4, 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 i686 AMD Duron(tm) processor
Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9
Timestamp of tree: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:30:01 +0000
ccache version 2.4 [disabled]
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4-r4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r7
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.17
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.23b
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.21
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=i686 -Os -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -Os -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X acl acpi alsa avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cairo cdr cli cracklib cups dbus dlloader dri dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo fam firefox fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kerberos ldap libg++ mad midi mikmod mp3 mpeg msn mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp oss pam pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl svg tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb vorbis win32codecs x86 xml xorg xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint i128 i740 i810 imstt mach64 mga neomagic nsc nv r128 radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa vga via vmware voodoo"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

grep -Rni net-im/pidgin /etc/portage:

Gentoo nowens # grep -Rni net-im/pidgin /etc/portage
Gentoo nowens # 
Comment 5 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-08-08 12:44:19 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
> Gentoo nowens # grep -Rni net-im/pidgin /etc/portage
> Gentoo nowens # 

Don't emerge things by using ACCEPT_KEYWORDS on command line next time.
Comment 6 nathan 2007-08-08 13:07:12 UTC
Gentoo nowens # cat /etc/make.conf
# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically built this stage
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example
#CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
CFLAGS="-march=i686 -Os -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
USE="X -qt -kde -arts -dvd -crypt alsa avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr cli cups dbus \
     dlloader dri fam firefox gif gpm gtk hal ipv6 jpeg ldap \
     libg++ mad mp3 mpeg msn ncurses nptl ogg opengl python png ppds pppd \
     quicktime spell ssl truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev usb \
     unicode vorbis -gstreamer -python"
PORTAGE_NICENESS="20"

i dont understand it was said not to use accept_keywords="x86" i see it in emerge info but it isnt in my make.conf and nor do i use it on command line

Gentoo nowens # emerge pidgin
>>> cfg-update-1.8.2-r1: Skipping checksum index updating...
Calculating dependencies \
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "pidgin" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- net-im/pidgin-2.1.0 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
- net-im/pidgin-2.0.2 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or 
refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
Comment 7 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-08-08 13:15:28 UTC
Please, read some docs on working with portage. net-im/pidgin is NOT stable anywhere, of course you'll get this message unless you stick it to package.keywords.

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3
Comment 8 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-08-08 13:15:39 UTC
Closed.