On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 6:50:28 PM Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On 14 July 2015 10:55:46 BST, hw <h...@gartencenter-vaehning.de> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > now I found this:
> > 
> > 
> > moonflo ~ # find /usr/portage/profiles/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0
> > -P24 
> > grep xen-tools 
> > 
> > [...]
> > /usr/portage/profiles/ChangeLog-2007:  Add hvm USE flag for Xen HVM 
> > support in xen-tools. Mask on no-multilib
> > [...]
> > 
> > 
> > And: http://gentoo-en.vfose.ru/wiki/Xen
> > 
> > "If you plan to add hvm support on amd64, you will need to have
> > multilib 
> > support."
> > 
> > 
> > Of course, I don't have multilib.  Is that still required, and if so, 
> > why?  There isn't any 32bit software to run other than within HVM
> > guests 
> > perhaps.
> > 
> > How can I remove this mask?  I do need xen working last week ...
> > 
> > Should I make a bug report about it?
> 
> You override profiles in /etc/portage/profile. In this case add cat/pkg - hvm 
to package.use.mask.
> 
> man portage for more information 
> 

ha, I had tried (among other things) package.use.unmask following the 
convention used by package.mask/unmask. Thanks.

-- 
Fernando Rodriguez

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