On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:07:42 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > hopefully someone can help me! > > Trying to update one of my machines I did > > emerge --update --deep --pretend world > > but it stops early with > All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=app-admin/system-tools-backends-1.3.0" > have been masked. > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your > request: > - app-admin/system-tools-backends-2.6.0-r1 (masked by: package.mask)
As portage tell you, you have to check the package.mask file in /etc/portage, where it seems that the version 1.3.0 is masked. > Doing an > equery depends app-admin/system-tools-backends > doesn't show anything. > > Furthermore that package isn't installed, yet. > > How can I find out which package needs this mask package? > > Many thanks for a hint, > > Helmut Jarausch > > Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik > RWTH - Aachen University > D 52056 Aachen, Germany > Regards. -- Xavier
