added the display of the masking reason

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/portato/backend/package.py b/portato/backend/package.py
index 59d552b..b32268f 100644
--- a/portato/backend/package.py
+++ b/portato/backend/package.py
@@ -283,6 +283,12 @@ class Package:
 		@rtype: boolean"""
 
 		raise NotImplementedError
+
+	def get_masking_reason (self):
+		"""Returns the reason for masking the package. If this is not possible for the system, return None.
+
+		@returns: the reason for masking the package
+		@rtype: string"""
 		
 	def get_all_use_flags (self, installed = False):
 		"""Returns a list of _all_ useflags for this package, i.e. all useflags you can set for this package.
diff --git a/portato/backend/portage/package.py b/portato/backend/portage/package.py
index e39dbe2..9f40137 100644
--- a/portato/backend/portage/package.py
+++ b/portato/backend/portage/package.py
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ class PortagePackage (Package):
 
 			return False
 
+	def get_masking_reason(self):
+		reason = portage.getmaskingreason(self.get_cpv(), settings = self._settings.settings)
+
+		if reason:
+			return reason[:-1] # strip of last \n
+		else:
+			return reason
+
 	def get_all_use_flags (self, installed = False):
 		if installed or not self.is_in_system():
 			tree = self._settings.vartree