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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] puzzling behavior of USE flags with sys-apps/man-db
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:55:40
Message-Id: 20170220125512.5adc3649@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] puzzling behavior of USE flags with sys-apps/man-db by Harry Putnam
1 On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 07:29:20 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
2
3 > Adding the X useflag to xll-libs/gtk+
4 >
5 > # cat /etc/portage/package.use/gtk+
6 > xll-libs/gtk+ X
7 >
8 > But emerge appears not to go by its own stipulation
9 >
10 > Same output and next attempt:
11 >
12 > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
13 >
14 > Calculating dependencies... done!
15 >
16 > !!! The ebuild selected to satisfy "x11-libs/gtk+:3" has unmet
17 > requirements.
18 >
19 > - x11-libs/gtk+-3.22.5::gentoo USE="introspection -X (-aqua) -broadway
20 > -cloudprint -colord -cups -examples -test -vim-syntax -wayland
21 > -xinerama" ABI_X86="64 -32 -x32"
22 >
23 > The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied: any-of
24 > ( aqua wayland X )
25
26 Either you have a type in your package.use setting or something else is
27 unsetting X for this package. I'd start by looking at
28
29 grep -r X /etc/portage
30
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33 Neil Bothwick
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