Unmask gitolite version 3 on Gentoo

Question

I've tried to install gitolite v2, but couldn't setup it because of horrible strange bugs/errors. Now I want to try gitolite v3 on Gentoo. I've added this line in

/etc/portage/package.unmask: =dev-vcs/gitolite-3*

As it is the same as in

/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask. 

But when I type:

emerge -s gitolite or emerge -p gitolite 

I couldn't find version 3, only version 2. What am I doing wrong? How to correctly unmask this package? Should I change /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask?

Solution: My colleague helped me.

echo '>=dev-vcs/gitolite-3.03 ~x86' >> /etc/portage/package.keywords

Answer 1

The most foolproof and convenient method I have found to unmask a specific ebuild is to let emerge do the unmasking for me:

sudo emerge =dev-vcs/gitolite-3.2 --autounmask-write

This generates the same lines that are recommended if you try emerging straight up ("The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed"), but takes the extra step of adding them to packages.keywords for you.

Since you said that you've "tried to install gitolite v2, but couldn't setup it because of horrible strange bugs/errors," you might also want to look at =dev-vcs/gitolite-gentoo-2.3.1, since that appears to be a fork of gitolite created specifically for Gentoo.

Answer 2

I would really recommend not using a package here.

Simply clone the GitHub Gitolite repo (which, by default, shows 'g3' or GitoliteV3 in master), and install it locally in any path you home (usually, $HOME/bin, with $HOME being the homedir of a dedicated gitolite admin account)

You can find a script automating the installation process here: install_or_update_gitolite.sh.