Re: Shutdown issue

parisdreams1 <[email protected]> Wed, 16 Oct 2002 06:47:17 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.newbies
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Thanks.  I had checked both the Quick Guide and the Manual.  Somehow missed
the "--update" section.  Neither actually mention how to unmask a package
though.  I posted a question to the Newbies forum and will try the
suggestion there.  (Will post the answer here if it works.)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheminot, Eric" <[email protected]>
To: "'parisdreams1'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 2:36 AM
Subject: RE: [gentoo-newbies] Shutdown issue


> Well, it is just an error in "emerge update grub". It is rather "emerge
> --update grub". Sorry for that.
>
> FI, "emerge update grub" will try to emerge both "update" and "grub" and
it
> seems that there is no "update" package in portage tree...
>
> I think you should have a look to portage guide. There is a lot a things
to
> know that you will have to use a day or another.
>
> -ec
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: parisdreams1 [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 10:05 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-newbies] Shutdown issue
>
>
> How do I unmask grub-0.92?  I changed package.mask to ">=grub-0.93".  When
I
> tried "emerge update grub" I got something like "No modules/packages can
be
> found."