Re: [gentoo-user] Confusion

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

2009/10/22 Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@online.de>:
> Am Samstag 17 Oktober 2009 17:54:49 schrieb econti:
>
>> Is there any other solution?
>
> The same problem came up on gentoo-user-de yesterday, too. One replier told us
> that there was a portage news item about this topic:
>
> "2009-09-27-qt_use_changes
>  Title                     Qt 4.5.2 default USE flag changes
>  Author                    Alex Alexander <wired@gentoo.org>
>  Posted                    2009-09-27
>  Revision                  1
>
> Qt version 4.5.2 has significant changes in the USE flags enabled by
> default.
>
> When upgrading, make sure you check and re-enable any USE flags you
> need.
>
> Depending on your system and installed packages, you might hit an issue
> where Portage is getting confused by this USE flag change, trying to mix
> old 4.5.1 ebuilds with new 4.5.2 ones, resulting in blocks.
>
> If this happens to you, please add the offending USE flags (usually
> 'qt3support' and 'dbus') in your USE= or switch to a desktop profile
> (eselect profile list). Check this post [0] for more details on this
> issue.
>
> [0] http://www.linuxized.com/p192"
>
> So it could be a good idea to read your portage news.

Always do!

Thanks for your post.  It made me realise that I was still on the
default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop profile!  I must have missed any
notices that the 10.0 profile was out.
-- 
Regards,
Mick