[snip] > this will be about the 15th time i've had to compile autoconf. each > time the above command asks that i install either v2.57a or 2.57-r1. > i emerge one, and suddenly, i have to emerge the other and vice versa. > what's going on here?
The problem is that a couple of packages won't play nice together with 2.57a so they depend on versions lesser than that. But at the same time the latest version of autoconf is just that version and emerge will want to update it every time you have 2.57-r1 installed and do an update with emerge. I'm having the same problem and since no package currently depends on versions equal or above 2.57a I just masked it in /etc/portage/package.mask: >=sys-devel/autoconf-2.57a > libquicktime and openquicktime don't play nice together. i unmerged > both and ran the above command and it said it needed to install both > again. here's the "qpkg -q" output for each package: [snip] > so what exactly do i need libquicktime for if it isn't depended on by > anything? It's libquicktime that provides virtual/quicktime and thus libquicktime will be installed as soon any package depends on quicktime-support. See /etc/make.profile/virtuals for reference. > lastly, open office won't compile with the gcc version i'm using > (3.3.1-r1). it says i need gcc-3.2.x but then it says i shouldn't > emerge a different gcc: There seems to be alot of people who's got problems compiling packages with gcc-3.3.1-r[12] so it's probably recommended to upgrade gcc to the latest version available and try compiling openoffice again afterwards. Or you could do as the ebuild says and downgrade gcc to a 3.2-version (which was what I did when I had problems with the 3.3-versions of gcc). The downgrade can be accomplished by pinning the gcc-version in /etc/portage/package.mask: >=sys-devel/gcc-3.3_alpha1 Hope it helps. Patrick B�rjesson -- Public key id: 4C5AB0BF Public key available at search.keyserver.net[:11371]
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