Re: [gentoo-user] Has MySQL become compulsory?

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

On Samstag 24 Oktober 2009, Dave Jones wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote on 24/10/09 01:39:
> > On Saturday 24 October 2009 01:25:44 Dave Jones wrote:
> >> Ran an eix-sync followed by an emerge -puDNv world.
> >> It reported that my 'profile' was no longer supported, and suggested
> >> switching to the 'default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop', which I did.
> >>
> >> Retried the emerge -puDNv world, with the following result:
> >> emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy
> >> ">=x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.0:4[mysql]".
> >> !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request:
> >> - x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2 (Change USE: +mysql)
> >> (dependency required by "app-office/akonadi-server-1.2.1" [ebuild])
> >> (dependency required by "kde-base/kdepimlibs-4.3.1" [ebuild])
> >> (dependency required by "kde-base/kdnssd-4.3.1" [ebuild])
> >> (dependency required by "kde-base/kcontrol-4.3.1" [ebuild])
> >> (dependency required by "kde-base/kdebase-meta-4.3.1" [ebuild])
> >> (dependency required by "world" [argument])
> >>
> >> Result of 'eix x11-libs/qt-sql' :
> >> I do not want either mysql or KDE4 on my 'stable' desktop host.
> >> Any ideas what's happening?  Or how to fix it without installing mysql?
> >
> > This has been hashed to death many many many many times in recent weeks.
> > Just like the KDE upgrade before that, and the libxcb thing, xorg-1.6,
> > and dbus/hal.
> >
> > Please search the mail archives. Or read your elogs, it's all in there.
> 
> Alan, thank you for your 'RTFM' reply. which is utterly useless either
> to me or any other follower of the gentoo-user mail group.
> 
> My question concerns an apparent new requirement for mysql. Your asides
> about xorg-1.6, libxcb, dbus/hal do not seem to be relevant in any way.
> 
> Any (helpful) takers out there?
> 
> Cheers, Dave
> 

well, how to mask packages to prevent the installation of unwanted versions 
has been hashed to death many, many many times too..