Up until now, to remedy this when I want to attempt to use one of these packages, I simply edit the ebuild, regenerate the digest, and do the installation. I feel sure there is an easier way around this - I've read somewhere of being able to tell the system that I am not worried about packages that haven't been tested on amd64 (thus the amd64~) - does anyone know what file I need to edit and in what way to make this work so I don't have to go through the hassle described above of editing the ebuild, regenerating the digest and then installing the package?
Sure there is: /etc/portage/package.keywords where each line is the full package name that you want to allow "~amd64" for your system. (in your case) An example is: x11-themes/gtk-engines-qt Save it and then just run: emerge -vuD world -p and you'll se portage telling you that is going to bring in the latest "keyworded" version of such package. HTH - AR -- If you stare long enough into an abyss, the abyss will stare back into you... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
