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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Has MySQL become compulsory?
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:29:46
Message-Id: 200910240929.38748.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Has MySQL become compulsory? by Dave Jones
1 On Samstag 24 Oktober 2009, Dave Jones wrote:
2 > Alan McKinnon wrote on 24/10/09 01:39:
3 > > On Saturday 24 October 2009 01:25:44 Dave Jones wrote:
4 > >> Ran an eix-sync followed by an emerge -puDNv world.
5 > >> It reported that my 'profile' was no longer supported, and suggested
6 > >> switching to the 'default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop', which I did.
7 > >>
8 > >> Retried the emerge -puDNv world, with the following result:
9 > >> emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy
10 > >> ">=x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.0:4[mysql]".
11 > >> !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request:
12 > >> - x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2 (Change USE: +mysql)
13 > >> (dependency required by "app-office/akonadi-server-1.2.1" [ebuild])
14 > >> (dependency required by "kde-base/kdepimlibs-4.3.1" [ebuild])
15 > >> (dependency required by "kde-base/kdnssd-4.3.1" [ebuild])
16 > >> (dependency required by "kde-base/kcontrol-4.3.1" [ebuild])
17 > >> (dependency required by "kde-base/kdebase-meta-4.3.1" [ebuild])
18 > >> (dependency required by "world" [argument])
19 > >>
20 > >> Result of 'eix x11-libs/qt-sql' :
21 > >> I do not want either mysql or KDE4 on my 'stable' desktop host.
22 > >> Any ideas what's happening? Or how to fix it without installing mysql?
23 > >
24 > > This has been hashed to death many many many many times in recent weeks.
25 > > Just like the KDE upgrade before that, and the libxcb thing, xorg-1.6,
26 > > and dbus/hal.
27 > >
28 > > Please search the mail archives. Or read your elogs, it's all in there.
29 >
30 > Alan, thank you for your 'RTFM' reply. which is utterly useless either
31 > to me or any other follower of the gentoo-user mail group.
32 >
33 > My question concerns an apparent new requirement for mysql. Your asides
34 > about xorg-1.6, libxcb, dbus/hal do not seem to be relevant in any way.
35 >
36 > Any (helpful) takers out there?
37 >
38 > Cheers, Dave
39 >
40
41 well, how to mask packages to prevent the installation of unwanted versions
42 has been hashed to death many, many many times too..