Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 4:51 PM, <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote:
> > Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 3:37 PM, <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi. So, I am trying to go to the new support for abi_x86_32, so I
> >> > unmerged all the emul_x86 packages (after doing quickpkg on them,
> >> > because I am a coward), and then it was complaining that I should run
> >> > emerge @preserved-rebuild which I did and every time I run that, it
> >> > gives me another package to change its use flag to add abi_x86_32.
> >> > After doing some 70 of those (a pain), I get to something which I cannot
> >> > solve. At some early point portage suggested that I run --newuse
> >> > --update when doing this, but now I am down to the following:
> >> > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy
> >> > ">=sys-apps/systemd-212-r5:0/2[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_ppc_32(-)?,abi_ppc_64(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?]"
> >> > have been masked.
> >> > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
> >> > request:
> >> > - sys-apps/systemd-9999::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, missing
> >> > keyword)
> >> > /etc/portage/package.mask:
> >> > #need that system because of older kernel
> >>
> >> I'm confused. Are you saying that you have sys-apps/systemd in
> >> /etc/portage/package.mask?
> > ]
> > I had to mask off later versions of systemd because I cannot use a
> > kernel which is required by later versions of systemd.
>
> Later than what? What version of systemd do you have installed?
>
> There is probably no way to resolve the situation you are in if you
> cannot rebuild systemd with the appropriate use flags.
I am using 2.12-r5. I guess I need to restore the system to before I
started fooling with things. I tried to pub abi_x86_32 in the
make.conf, but no joy.
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