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eosyn
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 Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:22 pm Post subject: gentoo masked explanations |
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I see a lot of people using ~x86 on specific builds or *gasp* the whole system. Every now and then I need a feature in a masked product but dont want to get it mainly because I have this feeling that there may be a solid reason behind this masking. I was wondering if there was a site (other than subscibing to mailing lists) to look up and read -why- things are masked. Every source I've been to has hit or miss one liners about a masking or nothing at all.
Sorry if this has been asked elsewhere.
Anyone know? |
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sn4ip3r
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: gentoo masked explanations |
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| eosyn wrote: | I see a lot of people using ~x86 on specific builds or *gasp* the whole system. Every now and then I need a feature in a masked product but dont want to get it mainly because I have this feeling that there may be a solid reason behind this masking. I was wondering if there was a site (other than subscibing to mailing lists) to look up and read -why- things are masked. Every source I've been to has hit or miss one liners about a masking or nothing at all.
Sorry if this has been asked elsewhere.
Anyone know? |
All packages usually have a certain time which they have to spend in ~x86 before they are marked stable. |
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Roguelazer
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Yeah, usually it's only ~x86 because it (or one of its dependancies) is new. They'll filter down eventually. 
I've been using ~x86 on my whole system for quite awhile, no regrets!
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