--- Roy Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Howdy, > > Over the past few months since my first gentoo > install, I have > yet to discover how do I find out the current state > of masked > ebuilds. I.e., I'm looking for 1) why are they > masked, and 2) any > known issues with the build. > Read /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask, the ebuild itself, the ebuild changelog, and bugs.gentoo.org. > I can look up the package on packages.gentoo.org, > but can't > find this info easily. Yes I can go thru the change > log and > the bugs, but these are for all versions. Takes > time to sort > out. > If you are really interested then you will take the time but it really shouldn't take long after you get used to it. > Most of the time, I'd like to know if this masked > for testing > ebuild already has some known issues (particually > critical > ones) and is awaiting the next version or is it > really just > waiting for enough people to bang on it? > If it's a keyword mask like ~x86 then it is just "waiting for enough people to bang on it". I use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" and then use -~x86 in /etc/portage/package.keywords as necessary (most ~arch packages work fine for me). Zac __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list