On 02/27 08:34, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 05:12:59 +0100, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > this command: > > emerge --selective=n @preserved-rebuild > > > > gives me this message when started: > > --- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.use/mkvtoolnix: qt5 > > That's not an atom, it's a USE flag. The format of package.use is > > atom USE [USE...] > > so you want something like > > media-video/mkvtoolnix qt5 > > You seem to be assuming that portage picks up the package name from the > file name, it does not. The contents of all of package.use/* are combined > as if a single file before portage does its stuff. This is all explained > in the portage man page. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > To most people solutions mean finding the answers. But to chemists > solutions are things that are still all mixed up.
Thank you all for your help! :) I missed the 'media-video/mkvtoolnix' in front of 'qt5'. My fault...sorry for the trouble I may have created... Cheers! mcc