On Tuesday, 17 February 2026 11:18:51 Greenwich Mean Time Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > Peter, > > On Monday, 2026-02-16 16:31:01 +0000, you wrote: > > ... > > If I 'emerge -av qtwebengine' it fetches the binary > > package as expected, but if I go to emerge something that depends on > > qtwebengine, portage wants to recompile it, not fetch the binary, even > > though the existing version is the same. > > The version is the same, yes, but the USE flags required by "something" > for "qtwebengine" most probably are not exactly those provided by the > binhost. As of yesterday evening the binhost provided two instances for > "qtwebengine" with two different sets of activated USE flags:
That'll be it. Thanks. [...] > Been there, done that. Before I started using binary packages on my > laptop building package "qtwebengine" took around 6:15 hours :-( > > So: good luck :-) Thanks again! -- Regards, Peter.
