Re: Keepassxc hard masked, why ?

Michael <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:05:35 +0100
Newsgroups	gmane.linux.gentoo.user
Message-ID	<1956631.tdWV9SEqCh@rogueboard>
On Tuesday, 14 April 2026 12:22:54 British Summer Time Philipp Ludwig 
wrote:
> The reasoning behind the mask is sound, but the issue with the
> alternatives is
> that they do not replace keepassxc 100%; app-admin/keepass crashes
> when you try
> to open a file, and it can't open databases that have an empty
> password (and this is what I am dealing with as an export from some
> obscure tool I
> need to use at work).
> kpcli is also mentioned as an alternative, but that can't import V4
> databases.
> 
> I am tempted to fork keepassxc and port it to Qt6, but first I try to
> workaround these problems.

You could try testing app-admin/keepassxc-2.8.0_pre260316-r1 which works 
on Qt6, according to this notice:

"!!! The following installed packages are masked:
- app-admin/keepassxc-2.7.11-r2::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
/var/db/repos/gentoo/profiles/package.mask:
# Andreas Sturmlechner <[email protected]> (2026-04-12)
# Perpetually stuck on Qt5 despite recent releases made under the 
# influence of AI. A Qt6-based snapshot is provided for testing without 
# keywords, currently as app-admin/keepassxc-2.8.0_pre260316-r1, but it 
# is unclear when keywords will be restored let alone stabilised.
# Alternatives are app-admin/keepass, app-admin/pass which can import 
# kbdx files, app-admin/vaultwarden, app-admin/bitwarden-desktop-bin and 
# probably many more.  AppImage or Flatpak versions also available as 
# last resort.
# Bugs #949231, #967905.
# Removal on 2026-05-11."


> Am 2026-04-14 12:41, schrieb Michael:
> > On Tuesday, 14 April 2026 11:05:14 British Summer Time Jacques
> > Montier> 
> > wrote:
> >> Hello, all,
> >> 
> >> This morning, i see keepassxc became hard masked.
> > 
> > Yes, it was masked two days ago.
> > 
> >> Is any reason for that as i used this soft for years ?
> >> 
> >> Cheers,
> >> 
> >> --
> >> Jacques
> > 
> > Upstream have not put in the work to make it compatible with Qt6 and
> > its
> > maintenance is now apparently relying on AI contributions.  There
> > are
> > alternatives to consider, as mentioned here:
> > 
> > https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-admin/keepassxc
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