Hello everyone,
emerge -av requires the following:
net-libs/wvstreams-3.70-r2 178 kb net-dialup/wvdial-1.53-r1 66 kb media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r6 245 kb
googling uncovers the files(supposedly) but the links lead to something quite different.
Are there viable alternatives? I'm using 2004.3 with the distfiles(mostly) that came from the livecd.
-mw
Am I the only one confused by this question?
Firstly, emerge -av *what*? World? System? PackageName?
Secondly, why is emerge requiring the files a problem?
Thirdly, why are you "Googling" for the files? packages.gentoo.org links to the homepage for every package in Portage (and the homepage is usually correct).
Fourthly, alternative to what? wvstreams, wvdial and mpg123? There may be alternatives, but since we don't know what is requiring them in the first place, it's hard to know if any alternatives would be appropriate. You might just as well be able to remove the flags from the requesting programs USE options and not require these programs at all.
So the first thing I would suggest is doing an emerge -avt <whatever> and seeing why these packages are being installed in the first place, then you can make a more informed decision about what you want to do.
HTH,
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