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On 22 Dec 2008, at 11:33, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: |
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> ... |
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> The problem was that the dvdnav USE-flag was masked and you unmasked |
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> the mplayer and dvdnav packages in the first place. This did not |
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> affect the mplayer package that was built without dvdnav support as |
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> the flag was still deactivated. Here [1] is some information from the |
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> maintainer of mplayer. |
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Yes, although I did understand this already. With apologies to Mr Wong |
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I find your explanation much clearer than his. |
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I would prefer it if Portage handled this without USE flag masking |
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being necessary. If the required package is masked, or needs some |
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other keyword, then IMO `emerge -p mplayer` should simply give an |
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"unable to fulfil this USE - packages may be masked or keyworded" |
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error. IMO `emerge mplayer` should simply install the package without |
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fulfilling the USE. But clearly there are reasons why this is |
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impractical. |
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Stroller. |
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