2009/10/19 Remy Blank <remy.bl...@pobox.com>: > Mick wrote: >> I've added -mysql in /etc/portage/package.use for x11-libs/qt-sql but >> it makes no difference. > > You should add -mysql for the package app-office/akonadi-server instead.
This looks more promising, thanks. Still pam seems to be getting confused (well pambase may not be, but I am because all sort of other packages are now being dragged in - please see below). Am I losing my touch with portage-foo or is my otherwise stable system in need of some fix? ============================ # emerge -upDv world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: sys-auth/pambase:0 ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-auth/pambase-20090620.1-r1', 'merge') pulled in by sys-auth/pambase required by world sys-auth/pambase[consolekit] required by ('ebuild', '/', 'net-wireless/bluez-4.39-r2', 'merge') ('installed', '/', 'sys-auth/pambase-20090620.1-r1', 'nomerge') pulled in by sys-auth/pambase required by world >=sys-auth/pambase-20081028 required by ('installed', '/', 'net-misc/openssh-5.2_p1-r3', 'nomerge') >=sys-auth/pambase-20080219.1 required by ('installed', '/', 'sys-apps/shadow-4.1.2.2', 'nomerge') (and 1 more) It may be possible to solve this problem by using package.mask to prevent one of those packages from being selected. However, it is also possible that conflicting dependencies exist such that they are impossible to satisfy simultaneously. If such a conflict exists in the dependencies of two different packages, then those packages can not be installed simultaneously. For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy ">=dev-python/PyQt4-4.5[dbus,sql,svg,webkit,X]". !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request: - dev-python/PyQt4-4.5.4-r4 (Change USE: +sql +webkit) (dependency required by "kde-base/pykde4-4.3.1" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "kde-base/plasma-workspace-4.3.1" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "kde-base/kdebase-meta-4.3.1" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "world" [argument]) ============================ -- Regards, Mick