[SOLVED] masked 4 eix but not 4 emerge

stelinux · Last edited by stelinux on Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:10 pm; edited 2 times in total

Hi,
I have this problem: eix shows blas-reference as masked

Naib · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:15 am Post subject:

try running: eix-update 1st then check again.
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stelinux · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 5:04 pm Post subject:

Thanks,
I've tried but no effect, the result remain the same.
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mv · Watchman Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 6747

I guess the science overlay (or whatever your [1] is) has a corresponding entry in profiles/package.mask
eix honours this file in overlays, but portage does not.
I am not sure whether this is a bug in portage or intended; maybe it should be reported.

mv · Watchman Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 6747

According to pms, the behavior of portage is correct: One must explicitly include the overlay's profile directory into the profile to make it active.
One may discuss whether this is appropriate - this way, overlays are unable to set a mask.
Perhaps eix will remain unchanged so that at least you can see what is intended by the corresponding overlay maintainers.

stelinux · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:09 pm Post subject:

mv · Watchman Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 6747

In >=eix-0.29.4 there will be a variable ADD_OVERLAY_PROFILES which will allow to switch between the portage/pms-compliant behavior (false) and the behavior desired by overlay maintainers (true). I am not sure what is the best default for this variable. Any suggestions?

stelinux · Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:32 am Post subject:

I think that the alignment of eix and emerge is more important; users can change the state of programs with mask/unmask. It is useful to have explicative message in portage tree also for overlay.

Thanks
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mv · Watchman Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 6747

I learnt now in this bug report that actually portage honours these masks if the appropriate EAPI is set. So it is perhaps a bug in the science overlay or in portage if portage does not mask the corresponding packge.

Current conclusion is that either ADD_OVERALY_PROFILES will not be supported (i.e. behaviour of eix does not change) or defaults to "true".