Re: [gentoo-user] Decoding portage output

[Alan McKinnon]

On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:06:30 +0800
Andrew Lowe <agl@×××××××.au> wrote:

> On 06/04/12 19:15, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote:
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > On 04.06.2012 12:50, Andrew Lowe wrote:
> >> On 06/04/12 16:36, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote:
> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
> >>>
> >>> On 04.06.2012 10:30, Andrew Lowe wrote:
> >>>> Hi all, Can someone please point me to the doco that decodes
> >>>> the following errors:
> >   [snip]
> >   ...
> >   ...
> >   ...
> >   [snip]
> >
> >>> Hinnerk
> >>
> >> Hinnerk, Thanks for the decode, but where did YOU get the knowledge
> >> from? I want to understand this, so I don't have to send you an
> >> email every time I get one of these and need it decoded ;)
> >>
> >> Andrew
> >>
> >
> > Ok, I'll try t explain it:
> >
> >> The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied: cgi? (
> >> perl )
> >
> > First: it states that a REQUIRED_USE flag is not set. That means
> > that some functionality depends on a special useflag.
> > The next line states, which useflag is the one in question and which
> > useflag it needs:
> > You could interprete "cgi?" as "If cgi is set, then test for the
> > following" and ( perl ) is the flag which is tested.
> >
> >
> > The rest is simply for more information:
> >
> >    The above constraints are a subset of the following complete
> > expression: cgi? ( perl ) cvs? ( perl ) subversion? ( perl )
> > webdav? ( curl )
> >
> > It follows the same syntax, though.
> >
> > I hope this si helping...
> >
> > WKR
> > Hinnerk
>
> 	What I was looking for is a man page/a wiki page/something in
> the Gentoo doco pages, but if that's all there is to it, then thanks
> for the info.

man 5 ebuild 

would be the most likely place to start


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Alan McKinnnon
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