According to ufed, the necesarry flags are enabled. I've unmerged php, re-emerged, with new use flags. can there be a discrepancy between ufed and what's really done? what's going on?
localhost ~ # localhost ~ # localhost ~ # localhost ~ # cat /etc/make.conf #################################################### ## ATTENTION: THIS IS THE MAKE.CONF ON THE LIVECD ## ## PLEASE EDIT /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf INSTEAD ## #################################################### # These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically # built this stage. # Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example. #CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" CFLAGS="-march=i686 -O2 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" # This should not be changed unless you know exactly what you are doing. You # should probably be using a different stage, instead. CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="" MAKEOPTS="" CONFIG_PROTECT="-*" USE="7zip ctype fastcgi java java5 msn nsplugin sqlite" FEATURES="" localhost ~ # localhost ~ # date Thu Aug 2 01:28:59 PDT 2007 localhost ~ # according to ufed, ctype, session, and other stuff has an "x" and is enabled...? I only really see ctype here. localhost ~ # localhost ~ # localhost ~ # emerge phpmyadmin --ask These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.10.1 USE="-vhosts" Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] >>> Verifying ebuild Manifests... >>> Emerging (1 of 1) dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.10.1 to / * phpMyAdmin-2.10.1-all-languages-utf-8-only.tar.bz2 RMD160 ;-) ... [ ok ] * phpMyAdmin-2.10.1-all-languages-utf-8-only.tar.bz2 SHA1 ;-) ... [ ok ] * phpMyAdmin-2.10.1-all-languages-utf-8-only.tar.bz2 SHA256 ;-) ... [ ok ] * phpMyAdmin-2.10.1-all-languages-utf-8-only.tar.bz2 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking phpMyAdmin-2.10.1-all-languages-utf-8- only.tar.bz2 ;-) ... [ ok ] * * Using dev-lang/php-5.2.2-r1 * * Checking for required PHP feature(s) ... * Checking for required PHP feature(s) ... * * dev-lang/php-5.2.2-r1 needs to be re-installed with all of the following * USE flags enabled: * * ctype pcre session unicode * * as well as any of the following USE flags enabled: * * mysql or mysqli if using dev-lang/php-5 * mysql if using dev-lang/php-4 * !!! ERROR: dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.10.1 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1637: Called dyn_setup ebuild.sh, line 704: Called qa_call 'pkg_setup' ebuild.sh, line 44: Called pkg_setup phpmyadmin-2.10.1.ebuild, line 36: Called die !!! Re-install dev-lang/php-5.2.2-r1 !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. !!! A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-db/ phpmyadmin-2.10.1/temp/build.log'. localhost ~ # localhost ~ # localhost ~ # equery u php [ Searching for packages matching php... ] [ Colour Code : set unset ] [ Legend : Left column (U) - USE flags from make.conf ] [ : Right column (I) - USE flags packages was installed with ] [ Found these USE variables for dev-lang/php-5.2.2-r1 ] U I - - adabas : Adds support for the Adabas database engine - - apache2 : Chooses Apache2 support when a package supports both Apache1 and Apache2 - - bcmath : Adds support for libbcmath + + berkdb : Adds support for sys-libs/db (Berkeley DB for MySQL) - - birdstep : Adds support for the Birdstep Database Server - - bzip2 : Use the bzlib compression library - - calendar : Adds support for calendars (not using mcal!) - - cdb : Adds support for the CDB database engine from the author of qmail - - cgi : Enable CGI SAPI - - cjk : Adds support for Multi-byte character languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) + + cli : Enable CLI SAPI - - concurrentmodphp : Make it possible to load both mod_php4 and mod_php5 into the same Apache2 instance (experimental) + + crypt : Add support for encryption -- using mcrypt or gpg where applicable + + ctype : Enables ctype functions - - curl : Adds support for client-side URL transfer library - - curlwrappers : Adds support for using curl in streams - - db2 : Enables support for IBM DB2 database server - - dbase : Adds support for dbase file format - - dbmaker : Adds support for dbmaker database server - - debug : Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see http:// www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml . - - discard-path : Switch on common security setting for CGI SAPI - - doc : Adds extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc) - - empress : Adds support for the Empress database server - - empress-bcs : Adds local access support for the Empress database server - - esoob : Adds support for Easysoft OOD database - - exif : Adds support for reading EXIF headers from JPEG and TIFF images - - fastbuild : Build PHP quicker (experimental) - - fdftk : Add supports for Adobe's FDF toolkit. - - filter : Add filter extension support - - firebird : Adds support for the Firebird relational database - - flatfile : Adds dbm support for flat files - - force-cgi-redirect : Switch on common security setting for CGI SAPI - - frontbase : Adds support for the frontbase sql server - - ftp : Adds FTP (File Transfer Protocol) support - - gd : Adds support for media-libs/gd (to generate graphics on the fly) - - gd-external : Use the external version of gd rather than the bundled one (possibly dangerous) + + gdbm : Adds support for sys-libs/gdbm (GNU database libraries) - - gmp : Adds support for dev-libs/gmp (GNU MP library) - - hash : Enable the hash extension + + iconv : Enable support for the iconv character set conversion library - - imap : Adds support for IMAP (Internet Mail Application Protocol) - - inifile : Adds dbm support for .ini files - - interbase : Adds support for Interbase database - - iodbc : Adds support for iODBC library + + ipv6 : Adds support for IP version 6 - - java-external : Use the external java extension rather than the bundled one - - json : Enable JSON support + + kerberos : Adds kerberos support + + ldap : Adds LDAP support (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) - - ldap-sasl : Add SASL support for the PHP LDAP extension - - libedit : Use the libedit library (replacement for readline) - - mcve : Support for the MCVE credit card payment system - - mhash : Adds support for the mhash library - - msql : Adds support for the MSQL database server - - mssql : Adds support for Microsoft SQL Server database - - mysql : Adds mySQL Database support - - mysqli : Adds support for the improved mySQL libraries + + ncurses : Adds ncurses support (console display library) + + nls : Adds Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities) - - oci8 : Adds Oracle 8 Database Support - - oci8-instant-client : Use dev-db/oracle-instantclient-basic as Oracle provider instead of requiring a full Oracle server install - - odbc : Adds ODBC Support (Open DataBase Connectivity) - - pcntl : Adds support for process creation functions + + pcre : Adds support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions - - pdo : Enable the bundled PDO extensions - - pdo-external : Use the external pecl-pdo extension rather than the bundled one - - pic : Build Position Independent Code. Do not utilize this flag unless you know what you're doing. - - posix : Adds support for POSIX-compatible functions - - postgres : Adds support for the postgresql database - - qdbm : Adds support for the qdbm (Quick Database Manager) library + + readline : Enables support for libreadline, a GNU line- editing library that almost everyone wants - - recode : Enables support for the GNU recode library + + reflection : Enable the reflection extension (Reflection API) - - sapdb : Adds support for SAP DB + + session : Adds persistent session support - - sharedext : Adds support for building shared extensions in php - - sharedmem : Adds support for shared memory use - - simplexml : support for simplexml - - snmp : Adds support for the Simple Network Management Protocol if available - - soap : Adds support for SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) - - sockets : Adds support for tcp/ip sockets - - solid : Adds support for the Solid database engine + + spell : Adds dictionary support + + spl : Adds support for the Standard PHP Library + + sqlite : Adds support for sqlite - embedded sql database + + ssl : Adds support for Secure Socket Layer connections - - suhosin : Add Suhosin support (patch and extension from http://www.suhosin.org/) - - sybase : Adds support for the Sybase SQL Database Server - - sybase-ct : Adds support for Sybase-CT - - sysvipc : Support for System V-compatible inter-process communication - - threads : Adds threads support for various packages. Usually pthreads - - tidy : Adds support for HTML Tidy - - tokenizer : Adds support for the PHP file parser + + truetype : Adds support for FreeType and/or FreeType2 fonts + + unicode : Adds support for Unicode - - wddx : Adds support for Web Distributed Data eXchange + + xml : Add support for XML files - - xmlreader : Enable XMLReader support - - xmlrpc : Support for xml-rpc library - - xmlwriter : Enable XMLWriter support - - xpm : Adds support for XPM graphics format - - xsl : Check/Support flag for XSL library (version 1) - - yaz : Adds in optional support for the Z39.50 Protocol for Information Retrieval (YAZ) - - zip : Enable ZIP file support - - zip-external : Enable ZIP file support (external PECL extension) + + zlib : Adds support for zlib (de)compression localhost ~ # localhost ~ # date Thu Aug 2 01:20:17 PDT 2007 localhost ~ # localhost ~ # thanks, Thufir -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list