150601 Neil Bothwick wrote: > 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 and/or upgrade to media-libs/lcms:2 >> 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.
It's included in Kde-Sunset. >> 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 ... 'wmt' is not listed at https://overlays.gentoo.org/ : a typo ? I've forwarded my original msg to the Desktop list, which is given as the appropriate one for Kde-Sunset. Further comments from Users are very welcome. > but depending on libraries with known security holes > is a risk that only you can decide is worth taking. For a tiny timezone app + 2 puzzle games, security isn't in question. > You do not need a parachute to skydive. > You only need a parachute to skydive twice. Or "If at first you don't succeed, don't take up skydiving" ... (grin) -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
