Can I emerge -C gdm and then just put back /sbin/gdm? SOLVED

roki942 · Last edited by roki942 on Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:29 am; edited 1 time in total

I have everything after gdm-2.20 masked and have been happy but now it's being masked in portage.

If i emerge -C gdm and then just put back /usr/sbin/gdm, /usr/bin/gdmXnest and /usr/bin/gdm will it continue to work for me?

eccerr0r · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 12:02 am Post subject:

Very risky. Ultimately you're trying to fool portage.

Take a look at /var/db/pkg/gnome-base/gdm-2.20/CONTENTS to make sure you're not missing anything if you're really trying to avoid upgrading gdm.

You can also try putting that package in /etc/portage/package.unmask to workaround the problem.
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roki942 · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:28 am Post subject:

jburns · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 7:52 pm Post subject:

Unmasking the package will not help when the ebuild is deleted. Look in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask which will have a list of the packages being deleted. If you need any of them copy them to a local overlay so that when they are removed you will still have the ebuild.