Re: [gentoo-user] problems building x11-libs/gtk+-2.20.1-r1

[Tamer Higazi <th982a@googlemail.com>]

 pango could be built without cairo support, the configure script should
have checked if pango was built with cairo support.

Tamer

Am 13.08.2010 19:28, schrieb Bill Longman:
> On 08/13/2010 08:22 AM, Tamer Higazi wrote:
>> As you told me I merged "lafilefixer" and ran lafilefixer --justfixit
>>
>> then I executed revdep-rebuild which wants to remerge a huge amout of
>> packages who because "libpangocairo-1.0.so.0" was missing, or couldn't
>> be linked at the end, revdep-rebuild wants to emerge a package called
>> "eel" which is masked:
>>
>> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "gnome-base/eel" have been masked.
>> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
>> - gnome-base/eel-2.24.1 (masked by: package.mask)
>> /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask:
>> # Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org> (12 Jul 2010)
>> # Masked for removal in 30 days.
>> # No longer developed by upstream, fails with forced as-needed (bug #277169),
>> # does not compile against gnome-desktop-2.30 (bug #311563).
>>
>> but I want to upgrade my system, and love to solve this Pango Cairo problem....
>>
>> if you have anymore ideas, I would thank you.
> Do you know about the "-t" option for emerge? It shows you which package
> is responsible for "pulling in" another package.
>
> You might also want to try "euse -I cairo" which will tell you which
> packages are affected by the cairo use flag.
>
> Your "emerge --info" shows that you do have cairo turned on, but as Alan
> states, you should show "emerge -pv pango" or "emerge -pv cairo" (or
> whatever package you're trying to fix). Pango doesn't has a specific
> "cairo" use flag so you may need to recompile pango's dependencies.
>
> Basically, what you're trying to do is step back from the package that's
> giving you the trouble, and compile the packages that your problematic
> package needs to function. Obviously, this is a geometric expansion to
> some extent, but revdep-rebuild is there to help you solve the puzzle.
>
> Also, qdepends is really handy.
>