# emerge -av claws-mail These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] net-libs/libetpan-1.0 USE="berkdb gnutls sasl ssl - debug -ipv6 -liblockfile" 1,631 kB [ebuild N ] x11-libs/fltk-2.0_pre6970-r1 USE="jpeg opengl png xft xinerama zlib -cairo -debug -doc" 2,470 kB [ebuild N ] www-client/dillo-2.2 USE="gif jpeg png ssl -doc - ipv6" 616 kB [ebuild N ] mail-client/claws-mail-3.7.9-r1 USE="crypt dbus dillo gnutls imap ldap session spell ssl startup-notification - bogofilter -doc -ipv6 -nntp -pda -smime -spamassassin -xface" 6,921 kB Total: 4 packages (4 new), Size of downloads: 11,637 kB The following USE changes are necessary to proceed: #required by www-client/dillo-2.2, required by mail-client/claws- mail-3.7.9-r1[dillo], required by claws-mail (argument) >=x11-libs/fltk-2.0_pre6970-r1 -cairo Any reason why portage is telling me to set a USE that is already there per portage's own output? It will build fltk with USE=-cairo, so why the need to tell me to set it explicitly? -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com