Re: [gentoo-user] Decoding portage output
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04.06.2012 10:30, Andrew Lowe wrote: Hi all, Can someone please point me to the doco that decodes the following errors: ** Calculating dependencies... done! !!! The ebuild selected to satisfy dev-vcs/git has unmet requirements. - dev-vcs/git-1.7.8.6 USE=blksha1 cgi curl iconv python threads webdav -cvs -doc -emacs -gtk -perl (-ppcsha1) -subversion -tk -xinetd The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied: cgi? ( perl ) The above constraints are a subset of the following complete expression: cgi? ( perl ) cvs? ( perl ) subversion? ( perl ) webdav? ( curl ) (dependency required by sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3[git] [ebuild]) (dependency required by dev-perl/Locale-gettext-1.50.0 [ebuild]) (dependency required by sys-apps/help2man-1.40.10[nls] [ebuild]) (dependency required by sys-devel/automake-1.11.5 [ebuild]) (dependency required by sys-devel/libtool-2.4.2 [ebuild]) (dependency required by app-misc/screen-4.0.3-r5 [ebuild]) (dependency required by @selected [set]) (dependency required by @world [argument]) ** In particular the cgi? ( perl ) part. Thanks in advance, Andrew To put it simple: if you want to use one of cgi,cvs or subversion, you'll need to activate the perl useflag too (same fpr webdav and curl, though that dependency is satisfied). WKR Hinnerk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPzHOlAAoJEJwwOFaNFkYcdSMIAIn0+SqluauGTMLM9Ju2zJUb yXuggSBF9KFh6HfWICczih/3IN8+EiS7rXtgbmAw3qyzxly7K1/+4JHRr2tUIdpO JA8CAPzLE+0WPhCyhXSh2D7DbjwaDTQ3BmSvg71KuZRnTj9yA0D93h7O/gbe/sRG 6c3JIpyXlPGtJwMmnTG6AMw8VnWXJpIW3NplwFSoaTYEXzyyR2CpL7WdevkQJJf1 +IocOog0xfom+oHHAiwWMt0YuVzeFfpn3yJ9/PHbDmkR3xNJ0YebovcWcgBG7Rdg bVUU9SuF0Pw0lOslDTruVvilJLvAAVQf07kFkdZIbj/q41sdSUtc2yzwPbQoaCk= =ZsdU -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [gentoo-user] Decoding portage output
On 06/04/12 16:36, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04.06.2012 10:30, Andrew Lowe wrote: Hi all, Can someone please point me to the doco that decodes the following errors: [snip] ... ... ... [snip] Thanks in advance, Andrew To put it simple: if you want to use one of cgi,cvs or subversion, you'll need to activate the perl useflag too (same fpr webdav and curl, though that dependency is satisfied). WKR Hinnerk Hinnerk, Thanks for the decode, but where did YOU get the knowledge from? I want to understand this, so I don't have to send you an email every time I get one of these and need it decoded ;) Andrew
Re: [gentoo-user] Decoding portage output
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04.06.2012 12:50, Andrew Lowe wrote: On 06/04/12 16:36, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04.06.2012 10:30, Andrew Lowe wrote: Hi all, Can someone please point me to the doco that decodes the following errors: [snip] ... ... ... [snip] Hinnerk Hinnerk, Thanks for the decode, but where did YOU get the knowledge from? I want to understand this, so I don't have to send you an email every time I get one of these and need it decoded ;) Andrew Ok, I'll try t explain it: The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied: cgi? ( perl ) First: it states that a REQUIRED_USE flag is not set. That means that some functionality depends on a special useflag. The next line states, which useflag is the one in question and which useflag it needs: You could interprete cgi? as If cgi is set, then test for the following and ( perl ) is the flag which is tested. The rest is simply for more information: The above constraints are a subset of the following complete expression: cgi? ( perl ) cvs? ( perl ) subversion? ( perl ) webdav? ( curl ) It follows the same syntax, though. I hope this si helping... WKR Hinnerk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPzJjgAAoJEJwwOFaNFkYctgwH/3GH2Fv1etxKNFGTOxCQATYv 5KVsjWRyvjKVKQ1oLBZIUjKbzJKn+piSRjbRcS86x7e/PV+sC8SrUxysagjTK3Jd 62yv9DH3BuyKO59X7pczCcZRjBg0MrOwtSWZYpDtlHyEAtclZphj02O0o3Ciwh8C aRJH+2yw4tYsk1AaSeWl3hzyzUQEEuv0rk1zhBF16bp9uTlELMX3GJGNUCqEHcei w7Zis6BG9VODSaKYAfadqtDVWD9HEnMBHcJQSZBdit6GkrI5gF6OC/f7D2EIu3x/ ZlI+wqG41KRjk2r3GBI3YU/PJPFuRI4O+ZVA1DcVac8GxQcDaMf5Jhj9Zt3ueoQ= =3BG3 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [gentoo-user] Decoding portage output
On 06/04/12 19:15, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04.06.2012 12:50, Andrew Lowe wrote: On 06/04/12 16:36, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04.06.2012 10:30, Andrew Lowe wrote: Hi all, Can someone please point me to the doco that decodes the following errors: [snip] ... ... ... [snip] Hinnerk Hinnerk, Thanks for the decode, but where did YOU get the knowledge from? I want to understand this, so I don't have to send you an email every time I get one of these and need it decoded ;) Andrew Ok, I'll try t explain it: The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied: cgi? ( perl ) First: it states that a REQUIRED_USE flag is not set. That means that some functionality depends on a special useflag. The next line states, which useflag is the one in question and which useflag it needs: You could interprete cgi? as If cgi is set, then test for the following and ( perl ) is the flag which is tested. The rest is simply for more information: The above constraints are a subset of the following complete expression: cgi? ( perl ) cvs? ( perl ) subversion? ( perl ) webdav? ( curl ) It follows the same syntax, though. I hope this si helping... WKR Hinnerk What I was looking for is a man page/a wiki page/something in the Gentoo doco pages, but if that's all there is to it, then thanks for the info. Regards, Andrew
Re: [gentoo-user] Decoding portage output
On 4 June 2012, at 13:06, Andrew Lowe wrote: ... What I was looking for is a man page/a wiki page/something in the Gentoo doco pages, but if that's all there is to it, then thanks for the info. I would have thought that `man 5 ebuild` covered this, if `man emerge` did not. I don't find these documents light reading, however. Stroller.
Re: [gentoo-user] Decoding portage output
On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:06:30 +0800 Andrew Lowe a...@wht.com.au wrote: On 06/04/12 19:15, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04.06.2012 12:50, Andrew Lowe wrote: On 06/04/12 16:36, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04.06.2012 10:30, Andrew Lowe wrote: Hi all, Can someone please point me to the doco that decodes the following errors: [snip] ... ... ... [snip] Hinnerk Hinnerk, Thanks for the decode, but where did YOU get the knowledge from? I want to understand this, so I don't have to send you an email every time I get one of these and need it decoded ;) Andrew Ok, I'll try t explain it: The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied: cgi? ( perl ) First: it states that a REQUIRED_USE flag is not set. That means that some functionality depends on a special useflag. The next line states, which useflag is the one in question and which useflag it needs: You could interprete cgi? as If cgi is set, then test for the following and ( perl ) is the flag which is tested. The rest is simply for more information: The above constraints are a subset of the following complete expression: cgi? ( perl ) cvs? ( perl ) subversion? ( perl ) webdav? ( curl ) It follows the same syntax, though. I hope this si helping... WKR Hinnerk What I was looking for is a man page/a wiki page/something in the Gentoo doco pages, but if that's all there is to it, then thanks for the info. man 5 ebuild would be the most likely place to start -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
