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4761
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 Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:19 pm Post subject: How to enable '~amd64' for a metapackage? |
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Hey folks,
so this is a question I've been having which probably applies to all metapackages, but I noticed it in particular, when I wanted to test Plasma 6 on Gentoo.
I had assumed that making a file in /etc/portage/package.use/plasma-meta
| Code: | | kde-plasma/plasma-meta ~amd64 |
would do the trick, but to my surprise it didn't!
I then read a thread saying that you'd have to set ~amd64 for all packages of a metapackage.
Is that really the best way to go about it?
Especially when a desktop environment adds a new application for example, do you really have to keep yourself informed so you can manage the metapackages manually?
I just feel like there should be an easier way, that I might be missing! 
Thanks in advance!
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grknight
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| Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| 4761 wrote: | that making a file in /etc/portage/package.use/plasma-meta
| Code: | | kde-plasma/plasma-meta ~amd64 |
would do the trick, but to my surprise it didn't! |
Wrong path. This should be /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/ not package.use |
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4761
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| Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| grknight wrote: |
Wrong path. This should be /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/ not package.use |
you are absolutely right, of course!
However, when I put it in that directory it still tells me that some of the dependencies are masked by ~amd64,
which brings me back to the same problem.
Thanks for your help!
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logrusx
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| Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| 4761 wrote: |
However, when I put it in that directory it still tells me that some of the dependencies are masked by ~amd64,
which brings me back to the same problem.
Thanks for your help! 8)
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Well you mark them with ~amd64 as well. You can't implicitly do it for the dependencies, it should be explicit for every single one.
Best regards,
Georgi |
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4761
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| logrusx wrote: |
Well you mark them with ~amd64 as well. You can't implicitly do it for the dependencies, it should be explicit for every single one.
Best regards,
Georgi |
Gotcha, thanks! I had hoped that there'd be a more convenient way to implicitely solve it.
That clears things up 
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