On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 20:36 +0200, Johan Tibell wrote: > Branched from a question to Chris regarding using masked packages when > building a minimal CD. > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm trying to build my own version of the 2006.0 minimal CD with > > > madwifi support (I realize that madwifi is unstable). I've added a > > > madwifi to the use flag section and madwifi-driver to the package > > > section. I can't run "catalyst -f livecd-stage1-minimal-madwifi.spec" > > > though since madwifi-driver is masked (error attached below). How do I > > > unmask a package for the build? > > > > You cannot. You need to unmask it in your snapshot, or use > > portage_overlay to create a portage overlay. > > I found a portage_confdir variable in one of the .spec file that I can > have point at a package.keywords file. Can you confirm that this is a > way to use masked packages?
You *can* but it isn't really advised. The best way really is via the snapshot, with the overlay as the second best, and confdir a distant last. -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering - Strategic Lead x86 Architecture Team Games - Developer Gentoo Linux
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