packages.gentoo.org and gentoo-sources

Timbers2k · Apprentice Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 215

Why do all the 2.6 kernels show up as hard masked in gentoo-sources in the "Online Package Database"? They are not masked in portage.

dsd · Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 8:22 pm Post subject:

packages.gentoo.org runs a 2.4 profile and as such 2.6 kernels are not "visible" to it.

its a feature, not a bug, althought it would be nice if packages.gentoo.org would explain why they are masked
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Timbers2k · Apprentice Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 215

Thanks. I guess that explains it.

Isn't it about time that it moves to 2.6? It sure seems like a bug to me if it does not match portage.

Timbers2k · Apprentice Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 215

Cool! It's been fixed!

Sith_Happens · Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 6:48 pm Post subject:

I had wondered about that. It's neat that the package database server displays it's own portage tree parsed into XML, and it makes sense when you think about it.
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