[gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use

[gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use

[Walter Dnes]

  I ran "emerge -p --deep --update world" on a machine, and got...

====================================================================
 * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.use' needs updating.
 * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge
 * man page to learn how to update config files.

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild     U  ] sys-devel/gnuconfig-20120818 [20120116]
[ebuild     U  ] dev-libs/expat-2.1.0-r2 [2.1.0]
[ebuild     U  ] media-libs/libpng-1.5.13-r1 [1.5.10]
[ebuild     U  ] virtual/libffi-3.0.11 [0]
[ebuild  N     ] dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common-1.32.1 
[ebuild  N     ] dev-libs/elfutils-0.149  USE="bzip2 zlib -lzma -nls" 
[ebuild     U  ] app-arch/zip-3.0-r1 [3.0] USE="-natspec%" 
[ebuild     U  ] sys-apps/man-pages-3.42 [3.41]
[ebuild     U  ] dev-libs/libtasn1-2.13 [2.12]
[ebuild     U  ] app-text/dos2unix-6.0.1 [6.0]
[ebuild     U  ] dev-libs/glib-2.32.4-r1 [2.30.3]
[ebuild     U  ] x11-libs/pango-1.30.1 [1.29.4]
[ebuild     U  ] x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf-2.26.4 [2.24.1-r1]
[ebuild     U  ] dev-libs/atk-2.4.0 [2.2.0]
[ebuild     U  ] media-video/mplayer-1.1-r1 [1.0_rc4_p20110322-r1] USE="iconv*" 
[ebuild     U  ] gnome-extra/libgsf-1.14.23 [1.14.22] USE="-introspection%" 
[ebuild     U  ] net-libs/gnutls-2.12.20 [2.12.18]
[ebuild     U  ] x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme-3.4.0 [3.2.1.2]
[ebuild     U  ] gnome-base/librsvg-2.36.1 [2.34.2]
[ebuild     U  ] x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.12 [2.24.10-r1]
[i3][root][~]
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  I read that section of the emerge man page, and it talks about
CONFIG_PROTECT and CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK.  The tone of the message seems
to indicate there is something wrong with my /etc/portage/package.use
file.  But I can't figure out what the problem is.  Can somebody please
explain it in plain English?

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use

[Mark Knecht]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
>   I ran "emerge -p --deep --update world" on a machine, and got...
>
> ====================================================================
>  * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.use' needs updating.
>  * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge
>  * man page to learn how to update config files.
>
<SNIP>
>   I read that section of the emerge man page, and it talks about
> CONFIG_PROTECT and CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK.  The tone of the message seems
> to indicate there is something wrong with my /etc/portage/package.use
> file.  But I can't figure out what the problem is.  Can somebody please
> explain it in plain English?
>
> --
> Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
>

Post package.use please.

Cheers,
Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use

[Mark Knecht]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
>>   I ran "emerge -p --deep --update world" on a machine, and got...
>>
>> ====================================================================
>>  * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.use' needs updating.
>>  * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge
>>  * man page to learn how to update config files.
>>
> <SNIP>
>>   I read that section of the emerge man page, and it talks about
>> CONFIG_PROTECT and CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK.  The tone of the message seems
>> to indicate there is something wrong with my /etc/portage/package.use
>> file.  But I can't figure out what the problem is.  Can somebody please
>> explain it in plain English?
>>
>> --
>> Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
>> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
>>
>
> Post package.use please.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark

Also, what version of portage are you using?

Note that I've never seen this message and other than adds and deletes
haven't changed my package.use file in I don't know how long.

- Mark

RE: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use

[Tsukasa Mcp_Reznor]

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> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:26:54 -0700
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use
> From: markknecht@gmail.com
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> 
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
> >>   I ran "emerge -p --deep --update world" on a machine, and got...
> >>
> >> ====================================================================
> >>  * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.use' needs updating.
> >>  * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge
> >>  * man page to learn how to update config files.
> >>
> > <SNIP>
> >>   I read that section of the emerge man page, and it talks about
> >> CONFIG_PROTECT and CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK.  The tone of the message seems
> >> to indicate there is something wrong with my /etc/portage/package.use
> >> file.  But I can't figure out what the problem is.  Can somebody please
> >> explain it in plain English?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
> >> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
> >>
> >
> > Post package.use please.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mark
> 
> Also, what version of portage are you using?
> 
> Note that I've never seen this message and other than adds and deletes
> haven't changed my package.use file in I don't know how long.
> 
> - Mark
> 

dispatch-conf should show what it wants to change, or you can go in /etc/portage and look for a file named ._cfgXXXX to see what it wants to change it to manually 		 	   		  

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Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use

[Walter Dnes]

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On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 07:26:54PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Post package.use please.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mark
> 
> Also, what version of portage are you using?
> 
> Note that I've never seen this message and other than adds and deletes
> haven't changed my package.use file in I don't know how long.

  It's sys-apps/portage-2.1.11.9  My /etc/portage/package.use is
attached.  I start my USE with "-*" so I have to put a lot of stuff in
package.use.  Anyhow, I ran an update world.  When I ran etc-update, here
are the changes it wanted to make to package.use...

1)
-app-emulation/qemu-kvm sdl
+# move app-emulation/qemu-kvm app-emulation/qemu
+app-emulation/qemu sdl

  So they changed the name.  No problem.  I'll do this manually.


2)
-media-video/mplayer iconv

  ?!?!? But, but, but... on my first attempt, the update refosed to run,
claiming that "iconv" is required if I specify "truetype".  Now 5
minutes later, it wants me to remove the "iconv" flag.


3)
-www-client/midori deprecated

  No bleeping way!
* Short story Flash does not work on linux midori without this option
* Long story.  See "I got midori working, including Flash" which I
  posted on the 15th in this forum.  The Flash binary is GTK+:2 and only
  works if linked with GTK+:2, which "deprecated" causes.  The default
  install links against GTK+:3, which seems to be ABI-incompatable with
  Flash video (sound still works).

  BTW, this install is on my "media PC" hooked up to my 50" plasma TV,
not my regular working machine.  I went and deleted the new config, so I
don't accidentally enable it it some day.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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app-arch/zip -bzip2
app-crypt/gnupg -X
app-editors/vim -X
app-emulation/dosemu -X
app-emulation/wine -mp3
app-emulation/qemu sdl
app-misc/mc -X ncurses
app-shells/bash readline

# following items required by xpdf
app-text/poppler abiword xpdf-headers utils
app-text/xpdf motif
dev-lang/python readline xml
dev-libs/xmlrpc-c curl

dev-libs/libxml2 python

mail-mta/ssmtp mta

mail-client/mutt buffysize gpgme mbox pop smime smtp
media-fonts/terminus-font pcf
media-gfx/imagemagick raw
media-gfx/ufraw contrast gimp hotpixels
media-libs/alsa-lib midi
media-libs/libsdl alsa audio -joystick video
media-libs/mesa gallium
media-libs/win32codecs real
media-sound/timidity++ -X
media-sound/mpg123 alsa

media-video/ffmpeg alsa faac faad
media-video/mplayer iconv
media-libs/libpng apng
media-libs/libtheora encode
media-video/avidemux x264
media-video/mplayer alsa ass encode i8x0 mmxext real ssse3 -joystick quicktime rtmp -vorbis x264 xvmc

net-misc/openssh -X
net-nntp/slrn uudeview
www-plugins/gecko-mediaplayer ass
sys-apps/groff -X
sys-devel/gcc fortran
sys-fs/mtools -X
sys-libs/glibc glibc-omitfp userlocales
www-client/dillo gif jpeg png
www-client/midori deprecated
www-client/w3m -X -imlib
www-plugins/adobe-flash 64bit
x11-base/xorg-server xorg
x11-wm/icewm imlib

x11-base/xorg-x11 bitmap-fonts font-server truetype-fonts type1-fonts

# If it's going to be a rescue package, it damn well better work
# standalone when libraries get screwed up.  Also set "mdev" for
# udev-less operation.
sys-apps/busybox mdev static

# Goffice requires the next 2 lines
# and first line also enables SVG support in Firefox
x11-libs/cairo svg
dev-libs/libpcre unicode

# Next line required for Dillo to properly render scalable fonts
x11-libs/fltk xft

media-sound/alsaplayer alsa audiofile

# Postgresql stuff
dev-db/postgresql-base threads zlib doc readline
dev-db/postgresql-server doc perl python tcl uuid xml

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:00:49 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:

>   I read that section of the emerge man page, and it talks about
> CONFIG_PROTECT and CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK.  The tone of the message seems
> to indicate there is something wrong with my /etc/portage/package.use
> file.  But I can't figure out what the problem is.  Can somebody please
> explain it in plain English?

When I've seen this message before, it is because a package I have in
package.use has moved categories. etc-update should sort this out for you.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of
room o

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Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use

[Walter Dnes]

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 08:12:41AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote
> On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:00:49 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
> 
> >   I read that section of the emerge man page, and it talks about
> > CONFIG_PROTECT and CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK.  The tone of the message seems
> > to indicate there is something wrong with my /etc/portage/package.use
> > file.  But I can't figure out what the problem is.  Can somebody please
> > explain it in plain English?
> 
> When I've seen this message before, it is because a package I have in
> package.use has moved categories. etc-update should sort this out for you.

  It looks like it was due to the qemu-kvm ==> qemu migration...

-app-emulation/qemu-kvm sdl
+# move app-emulation/qemu-kvm app-emulation/qemu
+app-emulation/qemu sdl

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:01:16 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:

> > When I've seen this message before, it is because a package I have in
> > package.use has moved categories. etc-update should sort this out for
> > you.  
> 
>   It looks like it was due to the qemu-kvm ==> qemu migration...
> 
> -app-emulation/qemu-kvm sdl
> +# move app-emulation/qemu-kvm app-emulation/qemu
> +app-emulation/qemu sdl

That's the same one I saw a few weeks ago. Isn't portage clever? :)


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Theory is when you know everything, but nothing works.
Reality is when everything works, but you don't know why.
However, usually theory and reality are mixed together :
Nothing works, and nobody knows why not.

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