On 12 May, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Dienstag 12 Mai 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to emerge sci-visualization/paraview >> with a qt4 GUI. >> >> My /etc/portage/package.use contains >> sci-visualization/paraview examples qt4 threads python mpi >> >> >> but when I try to emerge it >> emerge -vp sci-visualization/paraview >> >> I get >> USE="examples mpi* python threads -doc -hdf5 (-qt4)" >> >> Why doesn't it work? >> >> uname -a >> Linux numa-be 2.6.29-gentoo-r3 #2 SMP Wed May 6 21:02:49 CEST 2009 x86_64 >> AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux >> >> >> Many thanks for a hint, >> Helmut. > > sometimes certain useflags are masked - you can grep PORTDIR/profiles to see > if that is your problem.
Many thanks (to Albert, as well). I didn't know about that. How can I revert that mask (in /etc/portage/package.mask ?) without editing /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/package.use.mask -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
