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PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:59 am    Post subject: [solved] ddrescue is masked? Reply with quote
Why is ddrescue masked? I can find references to marking newer versions stable in the Changelog, but all versions are masked ~arch. And they were stable before :?
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Version 1.10 is stable, higher versions are ~arch. What does
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emerge -p dd-rescue

say?

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Code:
$ eix dd-rescue && eix ddrescue
* sys-fs/dd-rescue
     Available versions:  1.10 ~1.11 ~1.12 ~1.14 {static}
     Homepage:            http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/
     Description:         similar to dd but can copy from source with errors

* sys-fs/ddrescue
     Available versions:  ~1.5 ~1.6
     Homepage:            http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html
     Description:         Copies data from one file or block device (hard disk, cdrom, etc) to another, trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors


confusing!
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Indeed I was talking about the gnu version, it is confusing...
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Braempje wrote:
Indeed I was talking about the gnu version, it is confusing...
Perhaps I should open a bug, no one seems to know why this is masked...
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bug submitted
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
FYI: the developer solved this problem!
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What is the solution? I am still having a problem getting it emerged.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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What is the solution? I am still having a problem getting it emerged.
It's not masked here anymore. Did you sync your portage?
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'll have to try that, I'm new at linux and I apologize for my newbish questions :)
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
JamesCurtis wrote:
I'll have to try that, I'm new at linux and I apologize for my newbish questions :)
No problem, you should run
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emerge --sync

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