partimage on a sparc machine? [SOLVED]

psychocandy · Apprentice Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 192

When I try to emerge it, it tells me this is not allowed on a sparc....

Any reason for this? Or shall I just override the ~sparc and emerge anyway ?

Plugin_baby · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:46 am Post subject:

You can read on the partimage homepage that Intel i386+ and PowerPC are supported

psychocandy · Apprentice Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 192

This is the error I get :-

Calculating dependencies
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "partimage" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- sys-block/partimage-0.6.4-r4 (masked by: ~sparc keyword)
- sys-block/partimage-0.6.4-r3 (masked by: ~sparc keyword)

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
refer to the Gentoo Handbook.

OK. So fair enough its not supported but it has worked on sparc in the past....

How do I enable it to install?

Plugin_baby · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:01 pm Post subject:

Ah ok

Well if it's only masked by the ~sparc keyword, all you have to do is put it in package.keywords.
You might want to read some documentation about portage, this is very basic stuff...