hi

I want to install MySQL 4.1.x, but all those packages are still "masked" ...
I have no idea how to install masked packages. I read some page on
gentoo.org about it, but still couldn't figure it out. Can anyone put a list
of commands here, which i can execute?

Thanks a lot!
Bart

Bart van den Burg enlightened us with:
> I want to install MySQL 4.1.x, but all those packages are still "masked" ...
> I have no idea how to install masked packages.

man portage

> Can anyone put a list of commands here, which i can execute?

And what good will that do? Typing commands you don't understand is
very dangerous and also rather stupid.

Sybren
--
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

In alt.os.linux.gentoo, Bart van den Burg uttered the immortal words:

> I want to install MySQL 4.1.x, but all those packages are still "masked"
> ... I have no idea how to install masked packages. I read some page on
> gentoo.org about it, but still couldn't figure it out. Can anyone put a
> list of commands here, which i can execute?

All the information you need is on the Gentoo website and in the man pages.
The reason I'm telling you this rather than how to do what you ask is
because unless you understand exactly what you're doing it could lead to
problems later[0]. Giving you instructions won't give you that
understanding and going into too much depth is beyond the scope of a Usenet
post when the Gentoo docs can give you a better understanding. I would only
be duplicating that documentation which is a waste of my time.

[0] MySQL 4.1 is flagged as testing/hard masked. You need to do some
research to find out why that is and what possible issues you might
encounter. It could be that it's just new and hasn't been tested enough but
there could be other, more serious reasons. Why won't the current stable
version (4.0.22-r2) do?

Some useful URLs to help you get going with your research:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/index.xml
http://bugs.gentoo.org/
http://forums.gentoo.org/

--
Andy.

Sybren Stuvel wrote:

> Bart van den Burg enlightened us with:
>> I want to install MySQL 4.1.x, but all those packages are still "masked"
>> ... I have no idea how to install masked packages.
>
> man portage
>
>> Can anyone put a list of commands here, which i can execute?
>
> And what good will that do? Typing commands you don't understand is
> very dangerous and also rather stupid.
>
> Sybren

Sybren - I love your responses! They are clear and simple (sometimes to
honest) :-)

Magnus enlightened us with:
> Sybren - I love your responses! They are clear and simple (sometimes
> to honest) :-)

Thanks

Sybren
--
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?