Re: [gentoo-amd64] Did devs change phonon flags without rev'ing package?

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

Am 30.03.2015 um 21:15 schrieb Mark Knecht:
> Yesterday I was emerge -DuN @world clean. It took hours due to Gentoo
> decisions about multilib stuff. This morning I did an eix-sync and now
> I think I'm seeing new flags and rebuilding packages that are already
> installed. Why?

after 12 years you should be able to figure that one out yourself.

>
> I'm wondering if the package dev/maintainer might have changed flags
> without rev'ing the package?

no, they didn't. And a quick look at media-libs/phonon/Changelog OR the
ebuild would have told you that.

Really, 12 years? Still asking those questions?

>
> [SIGH]
> After yesterday's updates I actually found myself thinking about
> looking for a new distro. I'm not sure Gentoo is really for me
> anymore, albeit it would be a big upset after using it for 12 years...
> [/SIGH]

well, if you are so resistant to progressing your skills, I assume NO
distribution would be right for you.

> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> c2RAID6 ~ # emerge -fDuN @world
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild     U  ] sys-devel/gnuconfig-20150304 [20140728]
> [ebuild   R    ] app-arch/cabextract-1.4  USE="-extras% (-extra-tools%)"
> [ebuild   R    ] dev-qt/designer-4.8.5  USE="kde%* phonon*"
> [ebuild   R    ] media-libs/phonon-4.7.2  USE="designer*"
> [ebuild     U  ] app-admin/sudo-1.8.12 [1.8.11_p1]
>
> The following USE changes are necessary to proceed:
>  (see "package.use" in the portage(5) man page for more details)
> # required by dev-qt/designer-4.8.5[kde,phonon]
> # required by kde-base/kubrick-4.14.3
> # required by kde-base/kdegames-meta-4.14.3
> # required by kde-base/kde-meta-4.14.3
> # required by @selected
> # required by @world (argument)
> =media-libs/phonon-4.7.2 designer

and there it tells you why it wants that flag to be set. Seriously.
Learn to read. And think a bit. A tiny, tiny bit.