/etc/portage/package.unmask and ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86&q

[Godel]

Synopsis:
If I place an entry into /etc/portage/package.unmask,
do I still need to use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86"
in order to install a masked package?


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I wanted to install dev-lang/R-1.7.1, but it was masked.

me@my_computer root # emerge --pretend dev-lang/R

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild R ] dev-lang/R-1.6.1

me@my_computer root # more /etc/portage/package.unmask
>=dev-lang/R-1.7.1
me@my_computer root # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge --pretend dev-lang/R

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild U ] dev-lang/R-1.7.1 [1.6.1]



me@my_computer root # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge dev-lang/R

[ much later...]

me@my_computer root # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge --pretend dev-lang/R

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild R ] dev-lang/R-1.7.1

me@my_computer root # emerge --pretend dev-lang/R

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild UD] dev-lang/R-1.6.1 [1.7.1]



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Reading from the thread "portage etc directory ??"
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=67665
someone made the comment:

EDIT: I would like to note that if you put a package that is masked via ~arch into package.unmask it will not use that package. You still have to ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~arch" emerge for that.

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Did I get the syntax for /etc/portage/package.unmask wrong?

Is there some syntax for /etc/portage/package.unmask so that
I do not need to use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS, but instead just do
emerge dev-lang/R ?

[Genone]

package.unmask only affects packages that are masked in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask, the KEYWORDS masking is not affected, so you still need ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86".