On 10/20/2011 06:57 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan
> <cont...@nileshgr.com> wrote:
>> On Thu 20 Oct 2011 05:30:24 AM IST, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Albert W. Hopkins
>>> <mar...@letterboxes.org> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 13:11 -0700, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>>>>> Why don't you try networkmanager-0.9.1.90? It's working great for me
>>>>> in GNOME 3.2.0
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there something in the live ebuild that you need?
>>>>>
>>>> I can't confirm (never tried it) but I've been told the autounmask
>>>> option in portage will "blindly" unmask even live ebuilds.. which might
>>>> account for people suddenly pulling in a surprising (and potentially
>>>> problematic) amount of live ebuilds.
>>>
>>> I haven't tried the autounmask option from portage, neither. The GNOME
>>> overlay offers a series of files you can link to your
>>> /etc/portage/package.{unmask,keywords,use,use.mask} directories: They
>>> are located in
>>>
>>> ${OVERLAYDIR}/status/portage-configs/
>>>
>>> I haven't used those either, though. I prefer to unmask/keyword
>>> packages myself. What I do know is that using live ebuilds is
>>> basically flipping a coin; sometimes will work great, sometimes it
>>> will not even compile.
>>>
>>> Right now the only live ebuilds I'm using are:
>>>
>>> gnome-extra/libgda-9999
>>> media-sound/rhythmbox-9999
>>> sys-apps/gnome-disk-utility-9999
>>> gnome-extra/gnome-shell-extensions-weather-9999
>>> gnome-extra/gnome-shell-extensions-system-monitor-9999
>>>
>>> Everything else works with the latest non-live ebuilds.
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>
>> Did you just do emerge gnome (assumging that >=gnome-base/gnome-3.0 is
>> in package.unmask)? I'll try doing that again then, till now autounmask
>> was active.
>
> I did emerge =gnome-base/gnome-3.2.0, and unmasked/keyworded by hand
> the necessary packages. But maybe just check that the "**" is not in
> any file on /etc/portage/package.keyworks/* (except perhaps the ones
> I'm using). If there is no "**" keyworkd, no non-live ebuild should be
> installed.
>
> Oh, and also in /etc/portage/package.unmask/*, of course.
>
> Good luck.
BTW, which overlays did you use?
I tried after reading (translated version of) german guide on the web
these - gnome, keruspe, suka, rubenqba
--
Nilesh Govindarajan
http://nileshgr.com
