On Monday, 24 August 2020 11:57:02 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 11:50:42 +0100, Michael wrote: > > !!! The following installed packages are masked: > > - app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-5.2.40.137108::gentoo (masked by: > > package.mask) /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: > > # Michał Górny <[email protected]> (2020-08-22) > > # These packages (or package versions) still require Python 2.7. > > # They are either dead upstream, their Python 3 porting efforts are > > # not progressing or their maintainers are simply unresponsive. > > # Please do not remove any packages from this list unless you actually > > # port it to Python 3. > > # Removal in 30 days. Tracker bug #694800. > > > > For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge > > man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. > > ===================== > > > > I have a number of VBox VM systems, some with active software licenses > > running on them and the VBox-bin is a low-maintenance and convenient > > way to run them. I'd prefer to avoid emerging a non-bin VBox. Is there > > some way I could keep older packages running in Gentoo, until more up > > to date versions appear again in the tree (if ever)? > > Copy the ebuild to a local overlay and add app-emulation/virtualbox-bin > to /etc/portage/profile/package.unmask.
Thanks Neil, will this keep all requisite build and run time dependencies, or will they have to be added to package.unmask too?
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