Emerge not wanting to update anything

[iandoug]

Hi

Last few days, emerge exits without updating anything.

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fractal /home/ian # emerge -auUDv  world

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
Dependency resolution took 41.02 s (backtrack: 1/20).


!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "~media-libs/cimg-3.5.5" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- media-libs/cimg-3.5.5-r102::stefantalpalaru (masked by: package.mask)
/etc/portage/package.mask/gmic:
# keep gmic for gimp 2 plugin


(dependency required by "media-gfx/gmic-3.5.5-r100::stefantalpalaru" [ebuild])
(dependency required by "@selected" [set])
(dependency required by "@world" [argument])
For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.

The gmic stuff is/was not a problem, it is because I am keeping an old version of gmic.

But there are things that should update...eg

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 * Calling eix-diff
[>]   == app-backup/borgbackup (1.4.1^t -> 1.4.1-r1^t): Deduplicating backup program with compression and authenticated encryption
[>]   == app-crypt/yubikey-manager (5.6.1-r2^t -> 5.7.2^t): Python library and command line tool for configuring a YubiKey
[U]   == app-editors/nano (8.4@23/05/2025; 8.4 -> 8.5): GNU GPL'd Pico clone with more functionality
[>]   == app-forensics/yara-x (0.14.0 -> 1.0.1): A malware identification and classification tool
[>]   == app-misc/broot (1.46.0 -> 1.46.5): A new way to see and navigate directory trees
[>]   == app-office/ktimetracker (6.0.0_pre20250109^t -> 6.0.0^t): Todo management and time tracker
[U<]  == cross-avr/binutils (2.40-r9(2.40)@03/06/2024 2.44-r1(2.44)@23/05/2025; 2.33.1-r1(2.33)^t 2.34-r2(2.34)^t 2.35.2(2.35)^t 2.36.1-r2(2.36)^t 2.37_p1-r2(2.37)^t 2.38-r2(2.38)^t 2.39-r5(2.39)^t 2.40-r9(2.40)^t 2.41-r5(2.41)^t 2.42-r2(2.42)^t 2.43-r2(2.43)^t 2.44-r1(2.44)^t 2.44-r3((ver_cut)^t -> 2.33.1-r1(2.33)^t 2.34-r2(2.34)^t 2.35.2(2.35)^t 2.36.1-r2(2.36)^t 2.37_p1-r2(2.37)^t 2.38-r2(2.38)^t 2.39-r5(2.39)^t 2.40-r9(2.40)^t 2.41-r5(2.41)^t 2.42-r2(2.42)^t 2.43-r2(2.43)^t 2.44-r3(2.44)^t) [10]: Tools necessary to build programs
[U]   == dev-debug/strace (6.14@23/05/2025; 6.14^t -> 6.15^t): Useful diagnostic, instructional, and debugging tool

etc

Is something broken on my system?

Thanks, Ian

[fedeliallalinea]

The gmic stuff is/was not a problem, it is because I am keeping an old version of gmic.

But it is probably a problem for emerge, try to solve the gmic problem.

[logrusx]

Is something broken on my system?

No. Your system is perfectly sane and it doesn't want to update because there's no sane way of doing so. And it even tells you why:

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!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "~media-libs/cimg-3.5.5" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- media-libs/cimg-3.5.5-r102::stefantalpalaru (masked by: package.mask)

The gmic stuff is/was not a problem, it is because I am keeping an old version of gmic.

Apparently it is. For now you can unmask cimg but that's not going to last long:

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echo "media-libs/cimg" >> /etc/portage/package.unmask

or if package.unmask is a directory, add some file name there.

p.s. this mask might have come from some of your other overlays as I don't find it neither in ::gentoo nor in ::stefantalpalaru

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grep -r cimg /var/db/repos

Best Regards,
Georgi

[iandoug]

Hi guys

That gmic message has been there for weeks. It never stopped the updates before.

Previous discussion here: https://github.com/stefantalpalaru/gent ... issues/163

Let me check with Stefan.

Else I need to abandon gmic .... so sad.

Thanks, Ian

[logrusx]

Hi guys

That gmic message has been there for weeks. It never stopped the updates before.

That's impossible. You're mistaking it for something else.

Did you grep for cimg mask/the last command in my previous post/?

Best Regards,
Georgi

[iandoug]

Hi

I have

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fractal /home/ian # cat /etc/portage/package.mask/gmic
# keep gmic for gimp 2 plugin
media-gfx/gmic
media-libs/cimg

which has been there since April.

For some reason the cimg block is ignored by emerge, and it complains about wanting to update it. So I just ignore the complaint, and let emerge carry on with the rest of the updates. Only in recent days has it just stopped.
I think I probably added gmic in an attempt to stop the complaints about cimg.

If I comment those lines out then emerge finds a bunch of things to emerge, including
[ebuild U ~] media-gfx/gmic-3.5.5-r100::stefantalpalaru [3.5.0-r102::stefantalpalaru]

but let me just wait for response from Stefan as to what that is going to do.

Also blocker with sys-boot/unetbootin and app-emulation/winetricks wanting older version of 7zip than what emerge wants to install, but that is separate issue.

Thanks, Ian

[logrusx]

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fractal /home/ian # cat /etc/portage/package.mask/gmic
# keep gmic for gimp 2 plugin
media-gfx/gmic
media-libs/cimg 

Do you realize this is your own mask you're hitting?

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# keep gmic for gimp 2 plugin

That makes no sense. Package.mask is there to prevent packages from being installed, not to keep them. I don't know how you came to the conclusion to add this, but it's wrong.

which has been there since April.

For some reason the cimg block is ignored by emerge, and it complains about wanting to update it. So I just ignore the complaint, and let emerge carry on with the rest of the updates. Only in recent days has it just stopped.

What you've done is you had those installed, then added the mask and prevented portage from touching them but now something necessitates rebuild and portage is unable to do it becuse of your own mask.

If I comment those lines out then emerge finds a bunch of things to emerge, including
[ebuild U ~] media-gfx/gmic-3.5.5-r100::stefantalpalaru [3.5.0-r102::stefantalpalaru]

but let me just wait for response from Stefan as to what that is going to do.

Remove it and all should be fine. Don't wait for Stefan, he has nothing to do with your /etc/portage.

Best Regards,
Georgi

p.s.

I think I probably added gmic in an attempt to stop the complaints about cimg.

I don't know what complaints you're talking about but this is not the way.

[pietinger]

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