Can not understand unmask logic

geekrock73 · n00b Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Posts: 19

Can someone help me out with figuring out unmasking? I was trying to install the most recent version of AWN through desktop and it wouldn't install because >=dev-libs/glib-2.16.0 is masked. So in my /etc/portage/package.keywords and package.unmask I placed a dev-libs/glib-2.16.0 . It wouldn't unmask. So then I placed >=dev-libs/glib-2.16.0 and it still wouldn't unmask. So then I opened up the file /usr/portage/package.mask and I edited out the files for this section with the # sign:

# Mart Raudsepp <leio@gentoo.org> (10 Mar 2008)
# Temporary swfdec mask due to need for matching versions
# at once
#>=dev-libs/glib-2.16.0
#>=net-libs/libsoup-2.4
#>=media-libs/swfdec-0.6.0
#>=net-www/swfdec-mozilla-0.6.0
#>=gnome-extra/swfdec-gnome-2.21.91

And it still wouldn't unmask! Why wouldn't it unmask?

goffrie · n00b Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 67

Agh. avant-window-navigator-9999 requires >=glib-2.15.0, and there is no longer any such package in desktop-effects (as of a few minutes ago.)
However, such a dependency can be removed by adding either the 'gnome' or 'xfce' USE-flags.

geekrock73 · n00b Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Posts: 19

So it was removed instead of just masked? Why didn't it just say that file was missing then?

gimpel · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject:

>=dev-libs/glib-2.15.0 is available in the gnome overlay.

EDIT: nevermind. 2.16 is in portage.
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geekrock73 · n00b Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Posts: 19

I placed >= and it still wouldn't unmask. I really want to get to the bottom of this and find out why I can't unmask certian packages. especially if I comment them out in usr/portage/package.mask.

gimpel · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject:

It's masked twice. By package.mask, and by ~arch keyword.
So you will need
/etc/portage/package.unmask