Permanently unmasking

foxcub · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 5:16 pm Post subject: Permanently unmasking

Is there a way for me to "permanently unmask" certain packages. E.g., when I comment out certain lines in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask (namely, the lines with kde-3.1_rc5) it's all good until the next sync, when the file is overwritten with the new package.mask. Can I use overlay or anything like that to override masking of certain packages, so that if I want kde-3.1_rc5 (or anything else) unmasked, it would stay that way?

Thanks.

slartibartfasz · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 8:59 pm Post subject:

in /etc/make.conf look for the option ACCEPT_KEYWORDS
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foxcub · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 9:03 pm Post subject:

I don't see ACCEPT_KEYWORDS in /etc/make.conf, but if I'm not mistaken that would allow me to unmask everything (something like ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86"). I'm not interested in that, I only want to unmask select packages. If I misunderstood what you are suggesting, then I'm sorry, and, please, explain.

slartibartfasz · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 9:23 pm Post subject:

sorry i indeed misunderstood - u only want to unmask a few selected packages...

i dont think there is a regular way... what u could do is write a small script that reads your must-have-newest-packages-file, parse through /usr/portage/package.mask and deletes every line that matches one of those...
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rac · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 9:53 pm Post subject:

Or pray to your favorite deity (or offer to help carpaski) in the quest for sticky variables.
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foxcub · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 10:00 pm Post subject:

rac, can you, please, explain the last comment?

rac · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 10:08 pm Post subject: