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 1SbZs4-00032l-QI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:11:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 33330E0660; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 16:10:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ey0-f181.google.com (mail-ey0-f181.google.com [209.85.215.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E294E0741 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 16:08:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eaae12 with SMTP id e12so1272038eaa.40 for ; Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:08:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=LbwX1QyWnlk570sDxb90MIvsNqmHAGfN2G+BQHx/pmY=; b=TjYRxQ4rK8JBCCClmeBCV7iYAFdBpgnI1SxsPh2kb0RpgDN1/ul3e+4zkquJ7Z/4By eUAkxHexZBUxE2nps8Wa1H1KCjdi1ue0U6nCQDIJ9l+4p1KB96v/Ps/Xag63FR1ujydK DedhHrXcCvTypyy8ic0TJyKWvG+jIICHF2yugPPQjmvt2JYWHYgeLj4oqPKYT5h6joLr Ltvvtmtvy6CcJ7z/FqWZDZ7DM2ad+tFkA6vc4y4SE4HX1iVG1KUmZJvj3de/QPrRriby MwGjwwQQQuiYvY9Wyy4XypFuWhtXAIfD/sm+x6nnH5Eblx4+VJDoohR/s7nUv/648Xx/ 1/Rw== Received: by 10.14.127.198 with SMTP id d46mr6021582eei.101.1338826137742; Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:08:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from khamul.example.com ([196.215.205.228]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y54sm38813105eef.10.2012.06.04.09.08.54 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:08:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 18:05:13 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Decoding portage output Message-ID: <20120604180513.7a5f87f7@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <4FCCA4C6.8020601@wht.com.au> References: <4FCC7235.1030609@wht.com.au> <4FCC73A5.5080405@fu-berlin.de> <4FCC92E1.6040204@wht.com.au> <4FCC98E0.8040000@fu-berlin.de> <4FCCA4C6.8020601@wht.com.au> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 458f9743-7b86-471f-a0c4-f317c88056eb X-Archives-Hash: c888721f9dc8dd7a55af1a9ff7447520 On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:06:30 +0800 Andrew Lowe 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 -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com