On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 9:47:46 PM Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 22:12:09 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > >> You override profiles in /etc/portage/profile. In this case add > > >> cat/pkg - hvm > > > to package.use.mask. > > >> > > >> man portage for more information > > >> > > > > > > ha, I had tried (among other things) package.use.unmask following the > > > convention used by package.mask/unmask. Thanks. > > > > > > > The directory is: > > > > package.unmask > > > > Read man portage. The answer you seek is there. > > That's for unmasking packages, he wants to unmask USE flags. My previous > post got a bit mucked up, set from my phone. to clarify, add a line > to /etc/portage/profile/use.mask like this > > app-emulation/xen-tools -hvm > > Note the -, you are negating the mask. the syntax if perfectly logical if > you think about it with the right kind of logic.
It is perfectly logical, it just don't follow the same convention used for masking/unmasking packages. I did look at the man page but I just did a quick search for .unmask > Of course, there may be a very good reason why this flag is masked on > no-multilib profiles, in which case you will not only see why but get to > keep the resulting shrapnel. In this case, judging by the bug report on the ChangeLog, I think the issue was fixed and they forgot to unmask the use flag. -- Fernando Rodriguez
