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From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] portage problem
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:08:13
Message-Id: 47DBF314.6070904@chuckr.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] portage problem by Neil Bothwick
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4 Neil Bothwick wrote:
5 > On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:58:55 -0400, Chuck Robey wrote:
6 >
7 >> * The die message:
8 >> * Please reemerge =x11-libs/qt-3* with USE="opengl".
9 >>
10 >> asks me to rebuild something that doesn't exist.
11 >
12 > It does exist, the wildcard tells portage to install the latest 3
13 > version. Try doing what it says in the message, although you should quote
14 > the package atom to stop the shell trying to interpret the *.
15 >
16 > emerge -1av '=x11-libs/qt-3*'
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18 Thanks, That's what i was after (although my curiosity is going to be
19 looking to see what gets selected). The reply I got from the other fellow,
20 on SLOTs, was really interesting, but I haven't found out how to use slots
21 yet, just that they do seem a great idea.
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23 Your reply, OTOH, showed me how to go forward, and I thank you.
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Re: [gentoo-user] portage problem Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net>