Jakub Moc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted
below, on  Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:32:57 +0200:

> Alec Warner wrote:
>> Enrico Weigelt wrote:
>>> * Duncan schrieb:
>>>
>>>> How can it be too late?  You sync during that 30 days it's masked, do
>>>> an emerge --pretend --update world, and see that it's going to
>>>> downgrade.
>>> How do I see it (without actually having the version numbers in mind?)
>>>
>>> Why I need is simply an command line, which just tells me, which
>>> packages are now re-masked and which ones are scheduled for removal.
> 
> Erm, am I missing something?
> 
> # emerge -uDpv world
> 
> !!! Ebuilds for the following packages are either all !!! masked or don't
> exist:
> media-libs/tunepimp

Exactly, altho I did make the slight mistake of saying downgrade, when we
are talking removing from the tree so it would be (as above) all masked,
not just a downgrade.  With all versions masked, the warning is more
verbose than simply a downgrade, including a mention of why (in this case
package.mask, with the package.mask entry and associated comment, with
portage 2.1.1-preX anyway).

<quote>
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "tunepimp" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- media-libs/tunepimp-0.4.2 (masked by: package.mask)
# Diego Pettenò <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (24 Jul 2006)
# TunePimp has security problems (#140184) and isn't API stable yet
# scheduled for removal.

- media-libs/tunepimp-0.3.0 (masked by: package.mask)
- media-libs/tunepimp-0.4.0 (masked by: package.mask)
- media-libs/tunepimp-0.3.0-r1 (masked by: package.mask)

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
</quote>

So it tells you exactly which packages are available but masked, that
they're masked and by what (package.mask), and what the comment masking
them is -- scheduled for removal due to security bugs, with a bug number.

That seems like all the necessary info to me, including a bug to look up
for more information, if desired.  The "scheduled for removal" certainly
suggests to me that if I want to keep it, I better put it in my overlay
/now/.

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and if you use the program, he is your master."  Richard Stallman

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