On Mon, 1 Jun 2015 00:06:44 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > Yesterday, while doing my weekly system update, I encountered a msg : > > !!! The following installed packages are masked: > - media-libs/lcms-1.19-r1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask) > /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: > # Matthias Maier <[email protected]> (27 May 2015) > # on behalf of Andreas K. Huettel <[email protected]> > # media-libs/lcms:0 has serious security issues and is unmaintained, > # see bug 526642. Please uninstall it and/or upgrade to > media-libs/lcms:2 > > I looked at the bug, which explains the reason for dropping Lcms:0 . > > Unfortunately, Kde-Sunset appears to require Lcms:0 for Libmng:0 , > which is required by Qt-Meta:3 & which aren't included in Kde-Sunset > itself. For now, I can simply ignore the warning, but it looks > as if it wb no longer possible to install Kde-Sunset on a new machine.
qt-meta is not provided by portage, you need to use an overlay for that too. > I realise Gentoo itself doesn't provide support for Kde-Sunset, > but does anyone know of a way round this obstacle or have other advice ? You can install lcms:0 from the wmt overlay - eix -R is your friend here, but depending on libraries with known security holes is a risk that only you can decide is worth taking. - -- Neil Bothwick You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
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