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Posted by prox, from Washington, D.C., on July 08, 2006 at 15:20 local (server) time

So, Gentoo decided to add the x86 and amd64 keywords to x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0-r1.  The upgrade was smooth, once I defined VIDEO_CARDS and INPUT_DEVICES in /etc/make.conf.  However, stuff like this just annoys me:

!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "xcalc" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- x11-apps/xcalc-1.0.1 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)

Seriously guys, what gives?  For xorg-x11 to be stable, all of the previously bundled components should be marked as stable.  I had to unmask x11-apps/xload, too.  Pathetic.

I'm not this disgruntled, though.

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