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Gentoo emerge: use --autounmask-continue (auto-apply + continue)

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--autounmask-write=y writes the unmask file but emerge still
aborts because CONFIG_PROTECT marks the file as needing manual
review. --autounmask-continue=y is the right flag — it writes the
unmask AND continues the merge without aborting.

Discovered via the 'Autounmask changes successfully written.' message
followed by an immediate abort. The error message about
'autounmask-write' was actually about re-running with that flag,
not about what happened.

Applied to all three emerge invocations (main + GURU + sway).
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Rain 2026-06-23 17:51:56 -04:00
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run_once_40-install-sway-gentoo.sh.tmpl
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@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ if (( ${#MISSING_PKGS[@]} > 0 )); then
log "missing: ${MISSING_PKGS[*]}"
log "emerge sway stack (gentoo compiles from source; this may take a while)"
sudo emerge --ask=n --nospinner --quiet-build --keep-going \
--with-bdeps=y --autounmask=y --autounmask-write=y --autounmask-license=y \
--with-bdeps=y --autounmask-continue=y --autounmask-license=y \
"${MISSING_PKGS[@]}"
else
log "all sway packages already installed; skipping emerge"