On 11/11/17 21:36, Peter Humphrey wrote: > 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. >
Same on multiple systems - emerge boost worked fine, then do world. William K.
