On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:53:13 +0100, Zeerak Waseem wrote:

> >> 3) With set files in /usr/portage/sets and running "emerge -u @foo"
> >> portage yields that @foo isn't a valid package atom, any idea why
> >> this is?
> >
> > Your portage is too old? In case of an error, you should get an
> > "emerge: There are no sets to satisfy 'foo'" message, and a list of
> > known sets.

> Ah well, having the sets in the wrong place would give me an error.

Yes, but that would be a "set not found" error, not a "WTF is this
@" error.

> And regarding portage version, weren't sets included in v. 2.x.x? My  
> portage version is 2.1.7.16, anything above seems to be hardmasked...

Sets need portage 2.2, you'll have to unmask it.


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Neil Bothwick

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