On Saturday, 11 November 2017 12:20:35 GMT Mick wrote: > On Saturday, 11 November 2017 11:45:16 GMT you wrote: > > >The confusion is all mine, because I cannot decipher what is masking > > > >dev-util/ boost-build-1.63: > [snip ...] > > > >I see that 1.63.0 and 1.65.0 have no slot defined, but I'm not sure > > >what is causing this. > > > > This is caused by a portage bug. See b.g.o #554838 > > Updating to unstable portage-2.3.13 resolved the problem for me. > > > > DaveF > > Thanks DaveF, I'll update portage at some point and try again.
I had boost-build apparently masked too, but I solved it accidentally by emerging boost, which pulled in boost-build. It all went swimmingly then. -- Regards, Peter.
