On Sunday 02 August 2009 01:31:14 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Alan McKinnon<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Saturday 01 August 2009 23:19:52 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> I've been trying to get a few recalcitrant packages to build > >> (evolution-data-server, openoffice) but they seem to require things > >> that my system does not have, and portage doesn't know this. > >> > >> So I'm trying revdep-rebuild, which also fails. In particular, > >> x11-libs/gtkglext-1.2.0 won't build because during configuration, it > >> lacks "GL library". I've been trying to use equery to figure out what > >> package owns some of the things in the /usr/include/GL directory, to > >> no avail. So here's the tail end of the revdep output, in hopes a > >> more experienced hand can help... > >> > >> > >> > >> checking for GL/glu.h... yes > >> checking for glVertex3d in -lGLcore... no > >> checking for glVertex3d in -lGL... no > >> checking for glVertex3f in -lGL... no > >> checking for glVertex3i in -lGL... no > >> checking for glVertex3s in -lGL... no > >> checking for glVertex3d in -lMesaGL... no > >> configure: error: Cannot find GL library > > > > install mesa. > > > > openoffice depends on virtual/glu which depends on mesa > > According to eix, I've got the latest stable: media-libs/mesa-7.3-r1; > why would you think portage would not pull it in if I was emerging > openoffice?
mesa being recorded as being installed, but that doesn't mean it's files are still present. mesa builds quickly, it's worth remerging it and trying the original merge again. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
