can't unmask syslinux

ISN004 · n00b Joined: 07 Sep 2004 Posts: 23

Hi

I'm probably missing something dumb here, but I can't seem to trying to unmask syslinux.

I added
[code]syslinux amd64[code]

to my /etc/portage/package.keywords file

I ran the command

[code]/usr/portage/sys-boot/syslinux/syslinux-2.09.ebuild
[/code]

I even added

[code]sys-boot/syslinux
[/code]
to my package.unmask file

but when I try to emerge it I still get:
[code]root@npeters ~ # emerge syslinux
Calculating dependencies
!!! all ebuilds that could satisfy "syslinux" have been masked.
!!! possible candidates are:

!!! Error calculating dependencies. Please correct.[/code]

Help!

ISN

noodle · n00b Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 43

Hi,

Try adding:

Maedhros · Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:33 am Post subject:

I think you have to add the category to /etc/portage/package.keywords as well. In that file, you also need the keyword that you want to be installing that programme as, probably ~amd64 in this case.

On the other hand, just having looked at the ebuild, it's explicitly masked for everything that isn't x86. That means that it hasn't just been missed out, it's known not to work. If you still want to try it, you'll have to add something like this to your /etc/portage/package.keywords:

ISN004 · n00b Joined: 07 Sep 2004 Posts: 23

Thanks for the help guys, it's emerging now.

I jjust had the wrong format in my package.keywords file