Another way of updating those config files is to enter the command dispatch-conf after you do an emerge. That will run through every config file to be updated and show you what would be changed: a line starting with a plus sign would be added to the existing file, and one starting with a minus sign would be deleted from it. You can then decide whether to use the new file or "zap" (delete) it.<br>
<br>Dispatch-conf comes in handy if you have your CONFIG_PROTECT in make.conf set to "/etc", which is what I have on my system.<br><br>-Lawrence<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:34 AM, rhia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rhiannen@atlantacon.org">rhiannen@atlantacon.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Chris<br>
<br>
Pre-coffee, so hopefully coherent-ish enough.<br>
<br>
<br>
Edit /etc/portage/package.keywords and add the line<br>
=sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3 ~x86<br>
<br>
Edit /etc/portage/package.mask and add the line<br>
=sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3<br>
<br>
<br>
For "Use eselect news to read news items" enter at the prompt:<br>
eselect news read new<br>
(Never know, it might actually be relevant to what you're doing.)<br>
<br>
Then emerge sys-devel/gettext again<br>
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rhia<br>
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On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 10:57 -0500, Chris Fowler wrote:<br>
> I'm new at gentoo and I'm messing with rebuilding sysrescuecd with some<br>
> apps.<br>
><br>
> I'm getting this output<br>
><br>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
><br>
> sysresccd portage # emerge sys-devel/gettext<br>
><br>
> * IMPORTANT: 5 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.<br>
> * Use eselect news to read news items.<br>
><br>
><br>
> * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.keywords' needs<br>
> updating.<br>
> * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge<br>
> * man page to learn how to update config files.<br>
> Calculating dependencies... done!<br>
> [ebuild N #] sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3 USE="acl cxx git nls<br>
> openmp -doc -emacs -java -static-libs"<br>
><br>
> The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed:<br>
> #required by sys-devel/gettext (argument)<br>
> >=sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3 ~x86<br>
><br>
> The following mask changes are necessary to proceed:<br>
> #required by sys-devel/gettext (argument)<br>
> # /etc/portage/package.mask:<br>
> # fix problems<br>
> >=sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3<br>
><br>
> NOTE: This --autounmask behavior can be disabled by setting<br>
> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--autounmask=n" in make.conf.<br>
><br>
> Use --autounmask-write to write changes to config files (honoring<br>
> CONFIG_PROTECT).<br>
><br>
> * IMPORTANT: 5 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.<br>
> * Use eselect news to read news items.<br>
><br>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
> Maybe a translation of what I need to do :)<br>
><br>
><br>
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