Bug 55207

Summary:	GF5 appears to be old and should be revised
Product:	Websites	Reporter:	DK Smith <dks>
Component:	Forums	Assignee:	Forum Moderators <forum-mods>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	avenj, nitro, rac
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=33534
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description DK Smith 2004-06-25 19:17:23 UTC

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=33534

Several statments could be misleading for users...

1. "The newer way to mask packages is to declare KEYWORDS in the ebuild file. "

I see in the forum a lot talk about not messing with ebuild file and instead
using the /etc/portage/package.unmask mechanism (which is mentioned much 
later in in the article). 

2. "ACCEPT_KEYWORDS can also be set on the command line."

In several instances in the Forums, people warn of side-effects
of setting ACCEPT_KEYWORDS on the cmd line.

Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-31 04:43:22 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 41658 ***

Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-08-01 05:32:14 UTC

Reopening, this is a forum bug.

Comment 3 Wernfried Haas (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-17 14:31:09 UTC

There's also a thread on the forums about it:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-305451.html
I've made some minor changes but a bigger revision would be good.

Comment 4 Curtis Napier (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-06-18 12:52:07 UTC

I updated the KEYWORDS FAQ and made a new FAQ that covers Masked Packages. This
bug can now be closed.

Comment 5 Forum Moderators gentoo-dev

2005-06-18 13:04:38 UTC

Thanks, closing this bug. If there are any issues left either reopen or report
them in http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-305451.html

Ob behalf of the mods,
Wernfried