Hi Collins! > Quick answer. If you emerge <generic-package-name>, portage finds the > appropriate version and all dependancies. If you emerge <specific- > package-name>, you are responsible for finding any dependancies that > can't be met automatically and resolving them yourself. If looks like > the package you are trying to emerge has a dependancy that is still > masked, so you need to unmask and emerge that dependancy first.
Thanks, that's what I wanted to know!!! I'll search about this "unmask" concept. Of course, if someone has some links, they would be appreciated ;-) > As the other poster said, do you really want to do this? Sure! See my previous reply! > You are getting into an area of experimentation where even > some experts may not choose to tread. You know... "to be an expert" doesn't say much... Regards, Loic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An expert is someone who spends their life/career learning more and more about less and less until they know absolutely everything about nothing at all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- COMPUTERBILD 15/03: Premium-e-mail-Dienste im Test -------------------------------------------------- 1. GMX TopMail - Platz 1 und Testsieger! 2. GMX ProMail - Platz 2 und Preis-Qualitätssieger! 3. Arcor - 4. web.de - 5. T-Online - 6. freenet.de - 7. daybyday - 8. e-Post -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
