Re: [gentoo-user] I can't understand an emerge error. Help, please!

[Dale]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:26:06 -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
>
>
>> I would do
>>
>>    USE="static-libs" emerge -Dup libgcrypt
>>
>> &  if that works, add the flag to  /etc/portage/package.use .
>>
> That will also set the USE flag for any other packages in libgcrypt's
> dependency tree. Additionally, it will add libgcrypt to @world, which
> is also unwanted.
>
> mkdir -p /etc/portage/package.use
> echo dev-libs/libgcrypt static-libs
>
>>> /etc/portage/package.use/cryptsetup emerge -uaD world
>>>
>

I might add, he has the -p option in there.  It's not going to *do* 
anything but show if it will work or not.  Then a person can adjust the 
USE settings the correct way and remove the -p option or add -a.  I do 
the later myself.

Dale

:-)  :-)