From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NLSBE-0003ba-Ue for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:03:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 84977E0955; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:01:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wlym.com (wlym.com [66.135.63.43]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 494C6E0955 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:01:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-96-247-205-104.clppva.fios.verizon.net [96.247.205.104]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nBI21sR4010897 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:01:56 -0600 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nBI21pkY010413 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:01:54 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] freeglut fails to compile because X11/extensions/XInput.h not found In-reply-to: <200912180017.19867.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <26934.1261051777@ccs.covici.com> <200912171847.02237.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <2465.1261071032@ccs.covici.com> <200912180017.19867.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to Alan McKinnon message dated "Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:17:19 +0200." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.1.1 Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:01:51 -0500 Message-ID: <10412.1261101711@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: a818b2a8-ffb3-4884-954e-19a98eb53afb X-Archives-Hash: f837c90880eca651ed32c91770dfcc92 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thursday 17 December 2009 19:30:32 covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > On Thursday 17 December 2009 14:09:37 covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > > > Hi. This happened on my latest update -- looks like the package which > > > > used to contain this file no longer does -- any ideas on how to > > > > proceed? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > nazgul ~ # locate XInput.h > > > /usr/include/X11/extensions/XInput.h > > > nazgul ~ # equery belongs `locate XInput.h` > > > * Searching for /usr/include/X11/extensions/XInput.h ... > > > x11-libs/libXi-1.3 (/usr/include/X11/extensions/XInput.h) > > > > However the newer version of this package has eliminated this file -- > > this is my whole problem. Now I re emerged the package which had an > > update and how its here. I guess portage did things in the wrong order > > or something. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Hmm. Odd. Apparently, you are suffering from one or more of the following: > > solar flares > cosmic rays > a quantum level event > leprechauns > tooth fairies > jubbjubb monsters > > > {well, it's as good as any other explanation :-) } Yep, very strange, however this update went OK, except for that, so I'll knock on my metal desk -- sorry no wood available -- to make sure nothing goes wrong. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com