Hi, Well I found out that the bsd telnet programs include a telnet server so that is probably why it would not let me install another one.On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Joseph C. Lininger wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > Hey there Nick, > It means that either a package or one of it's dependencies is masked. > There are two types of masking, and what you should do depends on how > the package is masked exactly. Any way you can show me what you typed > and exactly how portage responded? > > As an alternative, you could emerge netkit-telnetd, different telnet > server. I use it only for the telnet client, so can't compare the two > server programs. Either way, learning about masked packages is worth > your time if you are seriously going to use Gentoo. > > - -- > An ignorent man is never defeated in an argument. > Joseph C. Lininger, <jbahm at pcdesk.net> > > Nick Gawronski wrote: > > Hi, When trying to install utelnetd the telnet server in gentoo I get > > the following message all ebuilds required to install utelnetd are > > masked. What does this mean and how can I fix this so I can have a > > working telnet server on my system? I have looked but can't find this > > information on the hand book or in the manual page. > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) > > iD8DBQFGvDubJ6dqn0mqPbARA+UsAJ9tYKN6/NLqppOgu045DVM4kP/viQCfcXcn > zHC5vz4REUrhmonSpuZA92I= > =ar8m > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
