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#1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:46 AM

I want to build blender-2.35 but it is masked.

So, I put this in my /etc/portage/package.unmask :

=media-gfx/blender-2.35

But still when I emerge blender, it builds the 2.34
version. What am I doing wrong?

#2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:46 AM

Lee Harr enlightened us with:
> I want to build blender-2.35 but it is masked.

In what way? Things can be masked from package.mask and by setting
~arch keywords.

> So, I put this in my /etc/portage/package.unmask :

Which is only correct if it's the former of the above.

> But still when I emerge blender, it builds the 2.34 version. What am
> I doing wrong?

Add it to package.keywords instead.

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?

#3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:46 AM

On 2004-12-08, Sybren Stuvel <sybrenUSE@YOURthirdtower.com.imagination> wrote:
> Lee Harr enlightened us with:
>> I want to build blender-2.35 but it is masked.
>
> In what way? Things can be masked from package.mask and by setting
> ~arch keywords.
>
>> So, I put this in my /etc/portage/package.unmask :
>
> Which is only correct if it's the former of the above.
>
>> But still when I emerge blender, it builds the 2.34 version. What am
>> I doing wrong?
>
> Add it to package.keywords instead.
>

Ok. I needed to add it to _both_ files. I kept trying one or
the other, since that was what the docs (and your answer)
seemed to me to imply...

$ cat /etc/portage/package.unmask
=media-gfx/blender-2.35
$ cat /etc/portage/package.keywords
=media-gfx/blender-2.35 ~x86

and now it emerges 2.35

Thanks for your time.

#4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:46 AM

Lee Harr wrote:

> Ok. I needed to add it to _both_ files. I kept trying one or the
> other, since that was what the docs (and your answer) seemed to me to
> imply...
>
> $ cat /etc/portage/package.unmask
> =media-gfx/blender-2.35
> $ cat /etc/portage/package.keywords
> =media-gfx/blender-2.35 ~x86
>
> and now it emerges 2.35

Did you ever stop to consider *why* you had to jump through hoops to
install this? Did you read the comment in the global mask file
(/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask). Things are usually quite broken
when put in there, and the comment for that version of blender is:

# <lu_zero_AT_gentoo.org> (02 Dec 2004)
# Masking since this version is broken

Are you *sure* you really want to do this?

--
PeKaJe

My doctorate's in Literature, but it seems like a pretty good pulse to me.

#5 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:46 AM

On 2004-12-08, Peter Jensen <usenet@pekajemaps.homeip.net> wrote:
> Lee Harr wrote:
>
>> Ok. I needed to add it to _both_ files. I kept trying one or the
>> other, since that was what the docs (and your answer) seemed to me to
>> imply...
>>
>> $ cat /etc/portage/package.unmask
>> =media-gfx/blender-2.35
>> $ cat /etc/portage/package.keywords
>> =media-gfx/blender-2.35 ~x86
>>
>> and now it emerges 2.35
>
> Did you ever stop to consider *why* you had to jump through hoops to
> install this? Did you read the comment in the global mask file
> (/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask). Things are usually quite broken
> when put in there, and the comment for that version of blender is:
>
> # <lu_zero_AT_gentoo.org> (02 Dec 2004)
> # Masking since this version is broken
>
> Are you *sure* you really want to do this?
>

Works fine for me.

Thanks for your time.

#6 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:46 AM

Lee Harr wrote:

>> # <lu_zero_AT_gentoo.org> (02 Dec 2004)
>> # Masking since this version is broken
>>
>> Are you *sure* you really want to do this?
>
> Works fine for me.

Well, I guess that's OK, then. It seems to be masked because of bug
71778 (http://bugs.gentoo.org/71778). It would appear that not all
scripts are installed correctly, so while it may work, you don't get the
complete functionality. But obviously it's up to you if you want to use
it or not. I can't say I don't use my fair share of heavily masked
packages as well :-)

--
PeKaJe

Williams and Holland's Law: If enough data is collected, anything may be
proven by statistical methods.

#7 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:46 AM

On 2004-12-08, Peter Jensen <usenet@pekajemaps.homeip.net> wrote:
> Lee Harr wrote:
>
>>> # <lu_zero_AT_gentoo.org> (02 Dec 2004)
>>> # Masking since this version is broken
>>>
>>> Are you *sure* you really want to do this?
>>
>> Works fine for me.
>
> Well, I guess that's OK, then. It seems to be masked because of bug
> 71778 (http://bugs.gentoo.org/71778). It would appear that not all
> scripts are installed correctly, so while it may work, you don't get the
> complete functionality. But obviously it's up to you if you want to use
> it or not. I can't say I don't use my fair share of heavily masked
> packages as well :-)
>

If you are in to graphics apps, another really nice one that is
currently masked is inkscape-0.40. It is working fine here, and
some of the new features (rounded stars and text along a path
for instance) are really nice.

And yes, I understand that if it breaks I get to keep both pieces.

;o)

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