On Samstag 24 Oktober 2009, Dave Jones wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote on 24/10/09 01:39: > > On Saturday 24 October 2009 01:25:44 Dave Jones wrote: > >> Ran an eix-sync followed by an emerge -puDNv world. > >> It reported that my 'profile' was no longer supported, and suggested > >> switching to the 'default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop', which I did. > >> > >> Retried the emerge -puDNv world, with the following result: > >> emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy > >> ">=x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.0:4[mysql]". > >> !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request: > >> - x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2 (Change USE: +mysql) > >> (dependency required by "app-office/akonadi-server-1.2.1" [ebuild]) > >> (dependency required by "kde-base/kdepimlibs-4.3.1" [ebuild]) > >> (dependency required by "kde-base/kdnssd-4.3.1" [ebuild]) > >> (dependency required by "kde-base/kcontrol-4.3.1" [ebuild]) > >> (dependency required by "kde-base/kdebase-meta-4.3.1" [ebuild]) > >> (dependency required by "world" [argument]) > >> > >> Result of 'eix x11-libs/qt-sql' : > >> I do not want either mysql or KDE4 on my 'stable' desktop host. > >> Any ideas what's happening? Or how to fix it without installing mysql? > > > > This has been hashed to death many many many many times in recent weeks. > > Just like the KDE upgrade before that, and the libxcb thing, xorg-1.6, > > and dbus/hal. > > > > Please search the mail archives. Or read your elogs, it's all in there. > > Alan, thank you for your 'RTFM' reply. which is utterly useless either > to me or any other follower of the gentoo-user mail group. > > My question concerns an apparent new requirement for mysql. Your asides > about xorg-1.6, libxcb, dbus/hal do not seem to be relevant in any way. > > Any (helpful) takers out there? > > Cheers, Dave >
well, how to mask packages to prevent the installation of unwanted versions has been hashed to death many, many many times too..
