Re: [gentoo-user] Inkscape failed to compile...(update from this morning)

[tuxic@posteo.de]

On 10/28 08:49, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Sunday, 28 October 2018 06:46:37 GMT tuxic@posteo.de wrote:
> > On 10/28 04:13, Adam Carter wrote:
> > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 4:08 PM Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 3:41 PM <tuxic@posteo.de> wrote:
> > > >> Hi,
> > > > 
> > > >> while syncing/updateing my system, inkscape failed to compile:
> > > > Nikos posted about cairo issue recently that revdep-rebuild didnt fix. I
> > > > had a similar issue with different software. In my case;
> > > > 
> > > > emerge -1 x11-libs/cairo dev-cpp/cairomm dev-python/pycairo
> > > > 
> > > > Fixed it. Not sure which package was the problem.
> > > 
> > > dev-cpp/cairomm seems like the most likely candidate as its files are
> > > mentioned in Nikos' and your build errors, so try rebuilding that one
> > > first.
> > Hi,
> > 
> > reemergeing cairomm fixes the problem!
> > Many thanks for that solution! :)
> > 
> > Unfortunately I emerged and forget the '-1'...is there a
> > way to fix that?
> 
> emerge --deselect cairomm.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Peter.

Hi Peter,

oh YEAH...sometimes the """problem""" seems to imply
a vast complicate solution....and one do not even
assume that there is something that straight forward
as

    emerge --deselect cairomm

. 
GREAT! :)

Cheers!
Meino