Re: [gentoo-user] portage getting mixed up with USE?

[Daniel Pielmeier <billie@gentoo.org>]

2011/6/22 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>:
>
> Ah, hang on a sec. It's not quite what I thought.
>
> The original emerge command done again, plus just fltk on it's own:
>
>
> # USE="dillo" emerge -pv claws-mail
> ...
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild  N     ] net-libs/libetpan-1.0  USE="berkdb gnutls sasl ssl -
> debug -ipv6 -liblockfile" 0 kB
> [ebuild  N     ] x11-libs/fltk-2.0_pre6970-r1  USE="jpeg opengl png
> xft xinerama zlib -cairo -debug -doc" 0 kB
> [ebuild  N     ] www-client/dillo-2.2  USE="gif jpeg png ssl -doc -
> ipv6" 0 kB
> [ebuild   R    ] mail-client/claws-mail-3.7.9-r1  USE="crypt dbus
> dillo* gnutls imap ldap session spell ssl startup-notification -
> bogofilter -doc -ipv6 -nntp -pda -smime -spamassassin -xface" 0 kB
>
>
> # emerge -pv fltk
> ...
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild  N     ] x11-libs/fltk-2.0_pre6970-r1  USE="cairo jpeg opengl
> png xft xinerama zlib -debug -doc" 0 kB
>
>
>
> The first and second are very different.
>
>> I was under the impression portage only did this if the USE flags
>> for a package needed to be changed from the current settings.
>
> Now it appears that emerge output (at least in the case of an
> unsatisfied emerge) is "what portage *needs* to do" instead of "what
> it *will* do"

This is what I mentioned before.

> Portage has always displayed the latter right? That makes sense - you
> can see what the emerge command would do as entered and compare it to
> the error to see what the problem is. In this case it's a tweak to
> package.use which I'm perfectly happy to do.
>
> I think it's bug time, portage is displaying the wrong output for
> failures.

You can try if you get the desired output if FEATURES="-autounmask".
If you enable autounmask portage automatically enableds the required
changes and tells you the changes required to your configuration.

-- 
Regards,
Daniel