On Sunday 17 August 2008 08:29:29 Albert Hopkins wrote: > On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 14:20 +0200, econti wrote: > > So I went to http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214265 to fix but > > I > > understood absolutely nothing. :-( > > > > Could anyone explain to me in which manner I should use the bug page > > of > > gentoo? > > I really don't understand your question, but I'll explain and if it > sounds elementary it's because I don't understand what you're asking. > > The package is masked because there is a bug associated with it. Unless > you are actually capable of fixing the bug (and by your post we'll > assume no) then you are powerless until the bug is fixed by someone > else. > > So your only real option at this point is to unmerge gnome-system-tools > and possibly follow the bug until if/when it gets fixed.
Isn't there also the option of leaving the existing package installed until the bug is fixed? If the package is currently working for him (the bug may be in some section of the program he seldom uses or it may only rear its head in certain configurations or circumstances which don't affect him,) why unmerge what's already there?
