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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Confusion
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:06:19
Message-Id: 358eca8f0910220206y6a8bb27fw476d264ffca6de57@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Confusion by Dirk Heinrichs
1 2009/10/22 Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de>:
2 > Am Samstag 17 Oktober 2009 17:54:49 schrieb econti:
3 >
4 >> Is there any other solution?
5 >
6 > The same problem came up on gentoo-user-de yesterday, too. One replier told us
7 > that there was a portage news item about this topic:
8 >
9 > "2009-09-27-qt_use_changes
10 >  Title                     Qt 4.5.2 default USE flag changes
11 >  Author                    Alex Alexander <wired@g.o>
12 >  Posted                    2009-09-27
13 >  Revision                  1
14 >
15 > Qt version 4.5.2 has significant changes in the USE flags enabled by
16 > default.
17 >
18 > When upgrading, make sure you check and re-enable any USE flags you
19 > need.
20 >
21 > Depending on your system and installed packages, you might hit an issue
22 > where Portage is getting confused by this USE flag change, trying to mix
23 > old 4.5.1 ebuilds with new 4.5.2 ones, resulting in blocks.
24 >
25 > If this happens to you, please add the offending USE flags (usually
26 > 'qt3support' and 'dbus') in your USE= or switch to a desktop profile
27 > (eselect profile list). Check this post [0] for more details on this
28 > issue.
29 >
30 > [0] http://www.linuxized.com/p192"
31 >
32 > So it could be a good idea to read your portage news.
33
34 Always do!
35
36 Thanks for your post. It made me realise that I was still on the
37 default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop profile! I must have missed any
38 notices that the 10.0 profile was out.
39 --
40 Regards,
41 Mick