[TriLUG] Gentoo updates and dev-java/sun-jdk-1.6.0-r1

[tomed at bellsouth.net]

emerge -p world produces:

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating world dependencies |
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.6.0*" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- dev-java/sun-jdk-1.6.0-r1 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or 
refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
(dependency required by "virtual/jdk-1.6.0" [ebuild])

At Sun, 4 Feb 2007 12:29:43 -0500,
David Brain wrote:
> 
> What are you seeing - I have two machines here that I keep pretty much
> synced up to date  and I'm not having any issues - looks like one of
> them has moved to JDK 1.6 and I didn't even notice.
> 
> David.
> 
> On 2/4/07, tomed at bellsouth.net <tomed at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Greetings TriLug Gentooers,
> >
> > I haven't been able to do any updates for a few weeks now, because
> > the base system jdk has changed to virtual/jdk-1.6.0, and the Sun
> > version of this is masked.
> >
> > Any suggestions on a safe way to get beyond this? I'd prefer to continue
> > using Sun.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tom Ed
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