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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] use flag not used - why
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 17:06:32
Message-Id: tkrat.3321d906065d6c88@igpm.rwth-aachen.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] use flag not used - why by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 On 12 May, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > On Dienstag 12 Mai 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
3 >> Hi,
4 >>
5 >> I'm trying to emerge sci-visualization/paraview
6 >> with a qt4 GUI.
7 >>
8 >> My /etc/portage/package.use contains
9 >> sci-visualization/paraview examples qt4 threads python mpi
10 >>
11 >>
12 >> but when I try to emerge it
13 >> emerge -vp sci-visualization/paraview
14 >>
15 >> I get
16 >> USE="examples mpi* python threads -doc -hdf5 (-qt4)"
17 >>
18 >> Why doesn't it work?
19 >>
20 >> uname -a
21 >> Linux numa-be 2.6.29-gentoo-r3 #2 SMP Wed May 6 21:02:49 CEST 2009 x86_64
22 >> AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
23 >>
24 >>
25 >> Many thanks for a hint,
26 >> Helmut.
27 >
28 > sometimes certain useflags are masked - you can grep PORTDIR/profiles to see
29 > if that is your problem.
30
31 Many thanks (to Albert, as well).
32 I didn't know about that.
33 How can I revert that mask (in /etc/portage/package.mask ?)
34 without editing /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/package.use.mask
35
36
37 --
38 Helmut Jarausch
39
40 Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
41 RWTH - Aachen University
42 D 52056 Aachen, Germany

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