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

[Daniel Pielmeier <billie@gentoo.org>]

2011/6/22 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>:
> # emerge -av claws-mail
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild  N     ] net-libs/libetpan-1.0  USE="berkdb gnutls sasl ssl -
> debug -ipv6 -liblockfile" 1,631 kB
> [ebuild  N     ] x11-libs/fltk-2.0_pre6970-r1  USE="jpeg opengl png
> xft xinerama zlib -cairo -debug -doc" 2,470 kB
> [ebuild  N     ] www-client/dillo-2.2  USE="gif jpeg png ssl -doc -
> ipv6" 616 kB
> [ebuild  N     ] 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" 6,921 kB
>
> Total: 4 packages (4 new), Size of downloads: 11,637 kB
>
> The following USE changes are necessary to proceed:
> #required by www-client/dillo-2.2, required by mail-client/claws-
> mail-3.7.9-r1[dillo], required by claws-mail (argument)
>>=x11-libs/fltk-2.0_pre6970-r1 -cairo
>
> Any reason why portage is telling me to set a USE that is already
> there per portage's own output?
>
> It will build fltk with USE=-cairo, so why the need to tell me to set
> it explicitly?
>

I guess it displays the USE settings how they should be and afterwards
prints the required changes. Or does it build fltk with USE="-cairo"
if you just type emerge -av fltk?

-- 
Regards,
Daniel