> Hello, I am running a emerge -u world and there is a package > (realplayer) that keeps failing the build due to an error in package > retrieval.
Well, give realplayer a try, and see if it is installed in any way: # equery list -p realplayer You'll see in a list if any version is installed. > My first question is why is portage trying to emerge this package as I > do not have it installed in the first place ( I had it once a while ago, > then it was unmerged) and my second is how tell portage not to emerge > the package. Just edit /etc/portage/package.mask (as root) and add this line: media-video/realplayer Save the changes and that's it. Bye, Rafael Fernández López. -- A la vista de suficientes ojos todos los errores resultan evidentes - Linus Torvalds
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