From: cest_pas_jihef@intnet.mu   
      
   On 06/06/11 19:49, J.O. Aho wrote:   
      
   > The reason why packaged are masked or unstable is for they don't work   
   properly   
   > with current dependencies, there is something in the ebuild that don't   
   compile   
   > to the Gentoo standards and/or that it hasn't been tested enough to consider   
   > stable.   
   >   
   > You should always avoid to use packages masked/missing architecture, as those   
   > are more likely to break things, unstables can be used, but be moderated   
   about   
   > them (if you have loads of unstable packages, maybe it's better for you to   
   > switch to unstable architecture (~amd64, ~ppc, ~ppc64, ~sparc64, ~sparc,   
   ...),   
   > but if something breaks you will get less help at the web forum/bugzilla).   
   >   
      
   Yes, I know that, and I usually avoid masked packages, but there are   
   things that I really want to work in Gentoo, VDR is one of them ;)   
      
   >   
   >> I'll see why I get these errors, but it seems that rebuild all the stuff   
   >> was a good idea. The vdr-softdevice-client now works well, with smooth   
   >> video and the A/V sync is OK :)   
   >   
   > Most likely you don't have access to read something, try to see if you can   
   run   
   > in debug mode or in worst case use gdb to see where it breaks.   
   >   
   >   
   Yes, I'll have a look tomorrow :)   
      
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