On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 08:14 +0000, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > Kevin's previous message alerted me to the fact that Gaim has been > deprecated. > Sure enough I see this: > > [D] net-im/gaim > Available versions: > [M] 1.5.0 [cjk debug eds gnutls krb4 nas nls perl silc > spell tcl tk] > Installed versions: 1.5.0(00:46:02 08/15/07)(nls perl > spell -cjk -debug -eds -gnutls -krb4 -nas -silc -tcl -tk) > Homepage: http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ > Description: GTK Instant Messenger client > > However, when I try to update world nothing comes up to tell me that Gaim is > no more: > > # emerge -upDv world > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating world dependencies... done! > > Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB > > Last I recall, portage would tell you that a particular package is no longer > in the tree and ask you to unmerge it. What's up here? > > Some additional info: > ====================================================== > # less /etc/portage/package.keywords | grep net-im/gaim > # > # less /etc/portage/package.mask | grep -i net-im/gaim > # > # emerge -pDv gaim > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies - > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "gaim" have been masked. > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: > - net-im/gaim-1.5.0 (masked by: package.mask) > /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: > # Olivier Crete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (08 Dec 2007) > # Remove gaim and its plugins (now its called pidgin) > > For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or > refer to the Gentoo Handbook. > > # emerge -pDv pidgin > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild N ] dev-python/pyrex-0.9.4.1 0 kB > [ebuild N ] dev-python/dbus-python-0.80.2 USE="-test" 443 kB > [ebuild N ] media-libs/gst-plugins-good-0.10.6 USE="-debug" 0 kB > [ebuild N ] net-im/pidgin-2.2.1 USE="dbus gstreamer ncurses nls perl > spell -bonjour -debug -doc -eds -gadu -gnutls -groupwise -gtk -meanwhile > (-networkmanager) -prediction -qq -sasl -silc -tcl -tk -zephyr" 8,674 kB > > Total: 4 packages (4 new), Size of downloads: 9,117 kB > ======================================================
Why is gaim no longer in portage? Is it dead upstream? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
