Bug 924668

Summary:	notification for masked packages should not be in between package list and confirmation
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Jonas Stein <jstein>
Component:	Core - Interface (emerge)	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	jstein
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Jonas Stein gentoo-dev

2024-02-15 17:53:32 UTC

The notification for masked packages should not be in between the package list and the confirmation.



-[Situation Now]-------------------------------------------------------
emerge -1a www-client/google-chrome

 * IMPORTANT: 18 config files in '/etc/portage' need updating.
 * See the CONFIGURATION FILES and CONFIGURATION FILES UPDATE TOOLS
 * sections of the emerge man page to learn how to update config files.

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
Dependency resolution took 8.13 s (backtrack: 0/20).

[ebuild     U  ] www-client/google-chrome-121.0.6167.184 [121.0.6167.160]

!!! The following installed packages are masked:
- dev-python/bsddb3-6.2.9-r1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
/var/db/portage/profiles/package.mask:
# Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (2024-02-14)
# media-sound/exaile is the last package to require unmaintained
# dev-python/bsddb3 (or dev-python/berkeleydb which is equally horrible
# and was removed in the past).
# Removal on 2024-03-15.  Bug #922816.

For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.


Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No]


-[How it should be]-------------------------------------------------------
emerge -1a www-client/google-chrome

 * IMPORTANT: 18 config files in '/etc/portage' need updating.
 * See the CONFIGURATION FILES and CONFIGURATION FILES UPDATE TOOLS
 * sections of the emerge man page to learn how to update config files.

!!! The following installed packages are masked:
- dev-python/bsddb3-6.2.9-r1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
/var/db/portage/profiles/package.mask:
# Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (2024-02-14)
# media-sound/exaile is the last package to require unmaintained
# dev-python/bsddb3 (or dev-python/berkeleydb which is equally horrible
# and was removed in the past).
# Removal on 2024-03-15.  Bug #922816.

For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.

# END OF GENERAL INFORMATION


These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
Dependency resolution took 8.13 s (backtrack: 0/20).

[ebuild     U  ] www-client/google-chrome-121.0.6167.184 [121.0.6167.160]


Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No]

Comment 1 Sam James archtester

2024-02-15 17:56:18 UTC

Could you include some rationale?

Comment 2 Jonas Stein gentoo-dev

2024-02-15 20:58:51 UTC

"Would you like to merge these packages?" refers to the list above which is now:

some info
packages
more packages
masked package note
install above? y/n

It is easier to read if the topics are meaningful sorted like

Section with general info
==========================
some info
masked package note

Package installation
==========================
packages
more packages
install above? y/n