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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Did devs change phonon flags without rev'ing package?
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:48:18
Message-Id: 5519A87B.10100@googlemail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] Did devs change phonon flags without rev'ing package? by Mark Knecht
1 Am 30.03.2015 um 21:15 schrieb Mark Knecht:
2 > Yesterday I was emerge -DuN @world clean. It took hours due to Gentoo
3 > decisions about multilib stuff. This morning I did an eix-sync and now
4 > I think I'm seeing new flags and rebuilding packages that are already
5 > installed. Why?
6
7 after 12 years you should be able to figure that one out yourself.
8
9 >
10 > I'm wondering if the package dev/maintainer might have changed flags
11 > without rev'ing the package?
12
13 no, they didn't. And a quick look at media-libs/phonon/Changelog OR the
14 ebuild would have told you that.
15
16 Really, 12 years? Still asking those questions?
17
18 >
19 > [SIGH]
20 > After yesterday's updates I actually found myself thinking about
21 > looking for a new distro. I'm not sure Gentoo is really for me
22 > anymore, albeit it would be a big upset after using it for 12 years...
23 > [/SIGH]
24
25 well, if you are so resistant to progressing your skills, I assume NO
26 distribution would be right for you.
27
28 > Thanks,
29 > Mark
30 >
31 > c2RAID6 ~ # emerge -fDuN @world
32 > Calculating dependencies... done!
33 > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gnuconfig-20150304 [20140728]
34 > [ebuild R ] app-arch/cabextract-1.4 USE="-extras% (-extra-tools%)"
35 > [ebuild R ] dev-qt/designer-4.8.5 USE="kde%* phonon*"
36 > [ebuild R ] media-libs/phonon-4.7.2 USE="designer*"
37 > [ebuild U ] app-admin/sudo-1.8.12 [1.8.11_p1]
38 >
39 > The following USE changes are necessary to proceed:
40 > (see "package.use" in the portage(5) man page for more details)
41 > # required by dev-qt/designer-4.8.5[kde,phonon]
42 > # required by kde-base/kubrick-4.14.3
43 > # required by kde-base/kdegames-meta-4.14.3
44 > # required by kde-base/kde-meta-4.14.3
45 > # required by @selected
46 > # required by @world (argument)
47 > =media-libs/phonon-4.7.2 designer
48
49 and there it tells you why it wants that flag to be set. Seriously.
50 Learn to read. And think a bit. A tiny, tiny bit.