Re: gEDA-user: AMD64 & Geda

[Marc <mark.price13@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It seems that 

!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sci-electronics/tclspice-0.2.15"
have been masked.

tclspice is broken and that is why Geda is masked under amd64 on gentoo

Marc :)



On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 01:31 -0400, Dan McMahill wrote:
> I'm not sure what the whole 'masked' thing means (I'm not a linux user), 
> but I've used gEDA for years on a 64-bit system (alpha) with no problems 
> so I'd be suprised if it didn't work correctly on AMD64.  I know for a 
> fact it at least builds on AMD64 running NetBSD, but I don't have one to 
> try running it on.
> 
> You may have issues with some of the dependencies.  I know that us alpha 
> users have had to fix countless bugs in 3rd party software.  gEDA should 
> be fairly 64-bit clean though.
> 
> -Dan
> 
> 
> Marc wrote:
> > Hi All
> > 
> > I was wondering if the Geda suit is gonna be ported for AMD64, I know
> > its in the Gentoo portage but its masked off as unstable buggy or
> > something.
> > 
> > this is what i get 
> > 
> > BusyBox64 ~ # emerge geda
> > Calculating dependencies
> > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "geda" have been masked.
> > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
> > request:
> > - sci-electronics/geda-20041228 (masked by: missing keyword)
> > - sci-electronics/geda-20040111-r1 (masked by: missing keyword)
> > - sci-electronics/geda-20050313 (masked by: missing keyword)
> > 
> > For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page
> > or
> > refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
> > 
> > BusyBox64 ~ #
> > 
> > 
> > its been like this for months
> > 
> > Marc :(
> > 
> > 
> 
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Marc <mark.price13@xxxxxxxxxxxx>