Bug 625418 – net-voip/blink (masked by: package.mask) should have versions specified in the recent profile mask

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

[Description Mircea Sava 2017-07-17 15:03:08 UTC]

The way it is presently done, it also masks the newer versions from my local overlay. Observe:

"!!! The following installed packages are masked:
- dev-python/python-sipsimple-3.1.1::local (masked by: package.mask)
/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask:
# Pacho Ramos <[e-mail]> (14 Jul 2017)
# Buggy, doesn't compile for a long time, bug #575772. Removal in a month.

- net-voip/blink-3.0.3::local (masked by: package.mask)
For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook."

So, the only versions that should be masked are the ones in the portage official tree

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Mircea Sava 2017-07-17 15:08:00 UTC]

Suggested fix:

=dev-python/python-sipsimple-2.5.1-r3
=net-voip/blink-1.4.1

[Comment 2 Jonas Stein 2017-07-22 09:19:50 UTC]

https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/net-voip/blink

[Comment 3 Pacho Ramos 2017-07-23 10:47:03 UTC]

We are never specifying concrete versions and listing every ebuild un package.masks for removing. You should be able to unmask it from your overlay

And I am completely against now forcing treecleaners to mask every concrete version in the package.masks entries

[Comment 4 Mircea Sava 2017-07-23 11:31:58 UTC]

(In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #3)
> We are never specifying concrete versions and listing every ebuild in
> package.mask for removing.

That may be the right approach when masking deprecated packages but not when masking unmaintained ones with active upstream.

> You should be able to unmask it from your overlay.

I was aware of that. However this is merely a nuisance and it's not worth bothering.
 
> And I am completely against now forcing treecleaners to mask every concrete
> version in the package.mask entries

No forcing should be necessary, an updated guideline should suffice.