Re: [gentoo-user] Have I to install wifi now?

[Dale]

Michael wrote:
> On Saturday, 30 May 2020 23:34:30 BST Peter Humphrey wrote:
>> On Saturday, 30 May 2020 23:16:56 BST Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>> On Sat, 30 May 2020 22:46:18 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> The point of meta packages is that they install a whole set of stuff,
> in this case "Merge this to pull in all Plasma 5 packages". If you
> don't want the kitchen sink, don't use meta packages. I have a kde
> set in /etc/ portage/sets that includes just what I want. As a result
> I have a decent KDE desktop but without needing networkmanager, or
> any of the PIM stuff.
 I tried doing that some time ago. I got so heavily bogged down in a
 dependency mire that I gave up. You wouldn't like to show your set,
 would you? Please? :)
>>> Here you go. I make no claims as to its suitability, or even uptodatedness
>> ---8>
>>
>> Many thanks. After writing that I had another go using a different approach,
>> and it just fell into place. Combining your set and mine ought to give me a
>> working system.
>>
>> With such a complex, reticulated (I think that's the word) system as plasma,
>> it's easier to subtract from a whole set than to build up from nothing.
> In a previous installation I used a similar approach, which soon became 
> somewhat tiresome.  One package was retired, some other took its place and 
> more than once I would end up tying up myself in knots, trying to change the 
> list of individual packages and associated USE flags to allow portage to 
> update my desktop without dragging in all sort of unpleasants.
>
> In a more recent installation I followed a different route.  I installed 
> selected meta-packages from the list at the bottom of this page:
>
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/KDE
>
> but first I disabled some USE flags to avoid networkmanager:
>
> kde-plasma/plasma-meta -networkmanager
> kde-plasma/powerdevil -wireless
>
> This is the plasma-meta flags I use now:
>
> [I] kde-plasma/plasma-meta
>  Available versions:  
>  (5)
> 5.18.5[bluetooth +browser-integration crypt +desktop-portal 
> discover +display-manager elogind grub gtk +handbook +kwallet +legacy-systray 
> +networkmanager plymouth pulseaudio qrcode +sddm sdk systemd thunderbolt 
> +wallpapers]  ["?? ( elogind systemd )"]
>  Installed versions:  5.18.5(5)(19:51:01 21/05/20)(bluetooth browser-
> integration crypt desktop-portal display-manager elogind handbook kwallet 
> legacy-systray sddm wallpapers -discover -grub -gtk -networkmanager -plymouth 
> -pulseaudio -qrcode -sdk -systemd -thunderbolt)
>
> Admittedly, like you I have also installed LVM which I don't want/need on its 
> own.  It is pulled in by sys-fs/cryptsetup, needed by pmount, which I use and 
> may want to use with encrypted filesystems in the future.  I'm not sure if 
> ext4 fs encryption is mature enough presently and what it requires.  A 
> project 
> for a rainy day.


I mostly use the meta packages but there was one that I only needed a
couple programs from.  I removed the meta package and installed the
programs I wanted.  It worked fine but it could be that I just picked a
couple packages that are easy.  Before that, I tried not using any meta
packages. That was a disaster.  Given my usage, I don't think the
benefit of not using meta packages would have saved me much if
anything.  It results in a larger world file, dependency problems when
upgrading plus having more packages to keep up with manually since I run
unstable on KDE plus a few other GUI programs. 

It would seem logical that not using meta package would result in a
leaner and easier to update system.  Thing is, in reality it isn't that
way.  Depending on what packages you pick to use but not part of the
meta package, it could create more work than it's worth. 

I to noticed the wireless package coming in.  I have a wireless router
but everything except my printer and cell phone is hard wired. My puter
itself has nothing wireless about it.  Still, it's easier to just
install it and let it sit there than it is to fight to keep it off. It
doesn't do anything, it isn't in my way or popping up annoying messages
or anything either.  I just let it go.  I guess I could disable some USE
flags but I doubt that would help reduce anything either. 

Basically, pick battles that are worth winning. ;-)  Sometimes even when
you win, you don't get anything for the win.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

P. S. Video comparing KDE to other desktop was interesting.  Maybe KDE
is getting back to like it was when KDE3 was around.  I sorta miss those
days.  Neat desktop.  KDE4 sure had some growing pains. 

Re: [gentoo-user] Have I to install wifi now?

[Michael]

On Saturday, 30 May 2020 23:34:30 BST Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Saturday, 30 May 2020 23:16:56 BST Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 May 2020 22:46:18 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > > > The point of meta packages is that they install a whole set of stuff,
> > > > in this case "Merge this to pull in all Plasma 5 packages". If you
> > > > don't want the kitchen sink, don't use meta packages. I have a kde
> > > > set in /etc/ portage/sets that includes just what I want. As a result
> > > > I have a decent KDE desktop but without needing networkmanager, or
> > > > any of the PIM stuff.
> > > 
> > > I tried doing that some time ago. I got so heavily bogged down in a
> > > dependency mire that I gave up. You wouldn't like to show your set,
> > > would you? Please? :)
> > 
> > Here you go. I make no claims as to its suitability, or even uptodatedness
> 
> ---8>
> 
> Many thanks. After writing that I had another go using a different approach,
> and it just fell into place. Combining your set and mine ought to give me a
> working system.
> 
> With such a complex, reticulated (I think that's the word) system as plasma,
> it's easier to subtract from a whole set than to build up from nothing.

In a previous installation I used a similar approach, which soon became 
somewhat tiresome.  One package was retired, some other took its place and 
more than once I would end up tying up myself in knots, trying to change the 
list of individual packages and associated USE flags to allow portage to 
update my desktop without dragging in all sort of unpleasants.

In a more recent installation I followed a different route.  I installed 
selected meta-packages from the list at the bottom of this page:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/KDE

but first I disabled some USE flags to avoid networkmanager:

kde-plasma/plasma-meta -networkmanager
kde-plasma/powerdevil -wireless

This is the plasma-meta flags I use now:

[I] kde-plasma/plasma-meta
 Available versions:  
 (5)
5.18.5  [bluetooth +browser-integration crypt +desktop-portal 
discover +display-manager elogind grub gtk +handbook +kwallet +legacy-systray 
+networkmanager plymouth pulseaudio qrcode +sddm sdk systemd thunderbolt 
+wallpapers]["?? ( elogind systemd )"]
 Installed versions:  5.18.5(5)(19:51:01 21/05/20)(bluetooth browser-
integration crypt desktop-portal display-manager elogind handbook kwallet 
legacy-systray sddm wallpapers -discover -grub -gtk -networkmanager -plymouth 
-pulseaudio -qrcode -sdk -systemd -thunderbolt)

Admittedly, like you I have also installed LVM which I don't want/need on its 
own.  It is pulled in by sys-fs/cryptsetup, needed by pmount, which I use and 
may want to use with encrypted filesystems in the future.  I'm not sure if 
ext4 fs encryption is mature enough presently and what it requires.  A project 
for a rainy day.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Have I to install wifi now?

[Peter Humphrey]

On Saturday, 30 May 2020 23:16:56 BST Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 30 May 2020 22:46:18 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > > The point of meta packages is that they install a whole set of stuff,
> > > in this case "Merge this to pull in all Plasma 5 packages". If you
> > > don't want the kitchen sink, don't use meta packages. I have a kde
> > > set in /etc/ portage/sets that includes just what I want. As a result
> > > I have a decent KDE desktop but without needing networkmanager, or
> > > any of the PIM stuff.
> > 
> > I tried doing that some time ago. I got so heavily bogged down in a
> > dependency mire that I gave up. You wouldn't like to show your set,
> > would you? Please? :)
> 
> Here you go. I make no claims as to its suitability, or even uptodatedness

---8>

Many thanks. After writing that I had another go using a different approach, 
and it just fell into place. Combining your set and mine ought to give me a 
working system.

With such a complex, reticulated (I think that's the word) system as plasma, 
it's easier to subtract from a whole set than to build up from nothing.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] Have I to install wifi now?

[Neil Bothwick]

On Sat, 30 May 2020 22:46:18 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:

> > The point of meta packages is that they install a whole set of stuff,
> > in this case "Merge this to pull in all Plasma 5 packages". If you
> > don't want the kitchen sink, don't use meta packages. I have a kde
> > set in /etc/ portage/sets that includes just what I want. As a result
> > I have a decent KDE desktop but without needing networkmanager, or
> > any of the PIM stuff.  
> 
> I tried doing that some time ago. I got so heavily bogged down in a
> dependency mire that I gave up. You wouldn't like to show your set,
> would you? Please? :)
> 
Here you go. I make no claims as to its suitability, or even uptodatedness

kde-plasma/khotkeys
kde-apps/ark
kde-apps/dolphin
kde-apps/filelight
kde-apps/kamera
kde-apps/kate
kde-apps/kcalc
kde-apps/kdenetwork-filesharing
kde-apps/kdialog
kde-apps/kgpg
kde-apps/kmix
kde-apps/kpat
kde-apps/krdc
kde-apps/krfb
kde-apps/spectacle
sci-astronomy/kstars
kde-apps/ksudoku
kde-apps/ksystemlog
kde-apps/kteatime
kde-apps/kwalletmanager
kde-apps/okular
kde-apps/print-manager
kde-plasma/kinfocenter
kde-plasma/kmenuedit
kde-plasma/powerdevil
kde-apps/yakuake
kde-plasma/kdeplasma-addons
x11-misc/sddm
kde-plasma/plasma-desktop
kde-plasma/systemsettings
kde-plasma/sddm-kcm
kde-plasma/kde-gtk-config
kde-apps/konsole:5
kde-plasma/kscreen
kde-misc/krusader
kde-apps/keditbookmarks
media-sound/pavucontrol-qt



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Re: [gentoo-user] Have I to install wifi now?

[Peter Humphrey]

On Saturday, 30 May 2020 19:08:13 BST Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 30 May 2020 18:44:02 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > I masked the latest version of plasma-meta, 5.18.5, when it appeared
> > last week, because it insisted on installing network-manager, which I
> > neither need nor want. Now I'm running an emerge -e @world, and portage
> > insists on plasma- meta-5.18.5. (Why?) If I unmask it, network-manager
> > insists on wifi ( wext ? Wifi ) even though there's no such hardware on
> > this machine.
> > 
> > For the moment I've excluded plasma-meta from the -e @world, which
> > seems to be doing the job.
> 
> The point of meta packages is that they install a whole set of stuff, in
> this case "Merge this to pull in all Plasma 5 packages". If you don't want
> the kitchen sink, don't use meta packages. I have a kde set in /etc/
> portage/sets that includes just what I want. As a result I have a decent KDE
> desktop but without needing networkmanager, or any of the PIM stuff.

I tried doing that some time ago. I got so heavily bogged down in a dependency 
mire that I gave up. You wouldn't like to show your set, would you? Please? :)

-- 
Regards,
Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] printing pdfs

[Peter Humphrey]

On Saturday, 30 May 2020 19:25:41 BST Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 30 May 2020 09:06:16 -0400, james wrote:
> > Yea, the QT issues, happen every time the bleeding edge (of qt)
> > releases. Once I get the packages all upgraded, the bleeding edge qt
> > stuff works great (thanks to all the gentooers that work on qt!).
> 
> You're not using bleeding edge Qt, 5.14.2 is from the stable tree. 5.15.0
> hit testing last week.

...and it's caused, or exposed, bug 726154 in virtualbox.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Have I to install wifi now?

[Mark Knecht]

On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 11:21 AM Grant Edwards 
wrote:
>
> On 2020-05-30, Peter Humphrey  wrote:
>
> > I masked the latest version of plasma-meta, 5.18.5, [...]
>
> > Is this going to be policy in future? Bloat the machine up with bells
and
> > whistles that are unwanted, and even actively disliked. Already I've
been
> > obliged to install encryption and LVM, neither of which I want; where
is it
> > going to end?
>
> Running Openbox instead of Plasma?
>
> I had a hard enough time preventing XFCE from installing tons of stuff
> I didn't wan't.  Gnome and KDE desktops are so far beyond the pale it
> takes OTH radar to find them.
>
> --
> Grant

And yet a week ago this guy put out a small test of XFCE vs KDE resource
usage and KDE came out fine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrvJOXypAbk

Just a different POV,
Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] printing pdfs

[Neil Bothwick]

On Sat, 30 May 2020 09:06:16 -0400, james wrote:

> Yea, the QT issues, happen every time the bleeding edge (of qt) 
> releases. Once I get the packages all upgraded, the bleeding edge qt 
> stuff works great (thanks to all the gentooers that work on qt!).

You're not using bleeding edge Qt, 5.14.2 is from the stable tree. 5.15.0
hit testing last week.


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Every morning is the dawn of a new error...


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[gentoo-user] Re: Have I to install wifi now?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2020-05-30, Peter Humphrey  wrote:

> I masked the latest version of plasma-meta, 5.18.5, [...]

> Is this going to be policy in future? Bloat the machine up with bells and 
> whistles that are unwanted, and even actively disliked. Already I've been 
> obliged to install encryption and LVM, neither of which I want; where is it 
> going to end?

Running Openbox instead of Plasma?

I had a hard enough time preventing XFCE from installing tons of stuff
I didn't wan't.  Gnome and KDE desktops are so far beyond the pale it
takes OTH radar to find them.

--
Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Have I to install wifi now?

[Neil Bothwick]

On Sat, 30 May 2020 18:44:02 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:

> I masked the latest version of plasma-meta, 5.18.5, when it appeared
> last week, because it insisted on installing network-manager, which I
> neither need nor want. Now I'm running an emerge -e @world, and portage
> insists on plasma- meta-5.18.5. (Why?) If I unmask it, network-manager
> insists on wifi ( wext ? Wifi ) even though there's no such hardware on
> this machine.
> 
> For the moment I've excluded plasma-meta from the -e @world, which
> seems to be doing the job.

The point of meta packages is that they install a whole set of stuff, in
this case " Merge this to pull in all Plasma 5 packages". If you don't
want the kitchen sink, don't use meta packages. I have a kde set in
/etc/portage/sets that includes just what I want. As a result I have a
decent KDE desktop but without needing networkmanager, or any of the PIM
stuff.


-- 
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Okay, I pulled the pin. Now what? Hey, where are you going?


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Re: [gentoo-user] Have I to install wifi now?

[tastytea]

On 2020-05-30 18:44+0100 Peter Humphrey  wrote:

> Afternoon all,
> 
> I masked the latest version of plasma-meta, 5.18.5, when it appeared
> last week, because it insisted on installing network-manager, which I
> neither need nor want. Now I'm running an emerge -e @world, and
> portage insists on plasma- meta-5.18.5. (Why?) If I unmask it,
> network-manager insists on wifi ( wext ? Wifi ) even though there's
> no such hardware on this machine.

You need to explicitly disable wext too, it is on by default.

Kind regards, tastytea

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[gentoo-user] Have I to install wifi now?

[Peter Humphrey]

Afternoon all,

I masked the latest version of plasma-meta, 5.18.5, when it appeared last 
week, because it insisted on installing network-manager, which I neither need 
nor want. Now I'm running an emerge -e @world, and portage insists on plasma-
meta-5.18.5. (Why?) If I unmask it, network-manager insists on wifi ( wext ? 
Wifi ) even though there's no such hardware on this machine.

For the moment I've excluded plasma-meta from the -e @world, which seems to be 
doing the job.

Is this going to be policy in future? Bloat the machine up with bells and 
whistles that are unwanted, and even actively disliked. Already I've been 
obliged to install encryption and LVM, neither of which I want; where is it 
going to end?

-- 
Regards,
Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] printing pdfs

[Francesco Turco]

On Sat, May 30, 2020, at 14:54, james wrote:
> # qlist -ICv dev-qt/
> dev-qt/designer-5.14.2
> dev-qt/linguist-5.14.2
> dev-qt/linguist-tools-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qt-creator-4.8.2
> dev-qt/qt-docs-5.14.2_p202003291239
> dev-qt/qt3d-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtchooser-66
> dev-qt/qtconcurrent-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtcore-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtdatavis3d-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtdbus-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtdeclarative-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtdiag-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtgraphicaleffects-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtgui-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qthelp-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtimageformats-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtlockedfile-2.4.1_p20171024
> dev-qt/qtmultimedia-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtnetwork-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtopengl-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtpositioning-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtprintsupport-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtquickcontrols-5.14.1
> dev-qt/qtscript-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtsingleapplication-2.6.1_p20171024
> dev-qt/qtsql-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtsvg-5.14.1
> dev-qt/qttest-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtwayland-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtwebchannel-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtwebengine-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtwebkit-5.212.0_pre20200309-r1
> dev-qt/qtwidgets-5.14.2
> dev-qt/qtx11extras-5.14.2

Most of your Qt packages have the 5.14.2 version, except dev-qt/qtquickcontrols 
and dev-qt/qtsvg which are still at 5.14.1. Please try upgrading them:

# emerge -av1 =dev-qt/qtquickcontrols-5.14.2 =dev-qt/qtsvg-5.14.2

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Re: [gentoo-user] printing pdfs

[Ashley Dixon]

On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 09:06:16AM -0400, james wrote:
> After thumping all teh cups codes, it works again, but some office files
> from a pc that were originated in europe, cause the print to hickup. The hp
> printer complained about version 1 version 2 on the tiny hp display.
> Rebooted several times and all my linux printing started working again. I
> have the original hp firmware (10 years old). I do not trust the updated hp
> firmwares, for several reason

H.P.\ software is just horrible in general.  They are one of  "those"  companies
that treat Linux users as second-class citizens.  The ppd files they  distribute
are full of bugs; I remember spending multiple weeks fixing the description file
for their then-newest home printer, and I still never got  the  scanner  working
(their own software segfaulted, and customer support told me to download Windows
as a fix).  After a while, I gave up and bought a Lexmark B2442  laser  printer,
since I only ever print text documents.  It has never  given  me  any  problems.
The `ppd` files work out  of  the  box.   Coming  from  H.P.,  it  is  a  lovely
experience.

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suugaku.co.uk

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Re: [gentoo-user] printing pdfs

[james]

On 5/29/20 1:20 AM, Ashley Dixon wrote:

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 04:11:46PM -0400, james wrote:

Pdfs are becoming a challenge to print. I'm sure I'll be printing pdf files
for decades to come.

So what application/strategy gets me past errors like this:

"Cannot mix incompatible Qt library (version 0x50e01) with this library
(version 0x50e02)"


How is your printer connected ?  If it's using  The  Common  Unix  Print  System
(C.U.P.S.) as many do, try the lpr command (from `net-print/cups`).  The  server
on which C.U.P.S.\ is running is specified with the `-H ` argument, and
various options can be specified with `-o `.

To take the example from the man page of lpr:

 Print a double-sided legal document to a printer called "foo":
 $ lpr -P foo -o media=legal -o sides=two-sided-long-edge filename

If your printer is remote, as mine is (on a server called `genserv`), you can do
the following:

 $ lpr -H genserv -o sides=two-sided-long-edge paper.pdf


works great !


This is not a suggestion that you abandon the issue  of  mismatched  Qt  library
versions, but rather a simple workaround to use while the  various  Qt  programs
get up-to-date with the latest versions of the libraries. 


Yea, the QT issues, happen every time the bleeding edge (of qt) 
releases. Once I get the packages all upgraded, the bleeding edge qt 
stuff works great (thanks to all the gentooers that work on qt!).




Providing C.U.P.S.\ is
configured correctly with all the appropriate `ppd` files  for  your  particular
printer model, lpr should work out-of-the-box.


After thumping all teh cups codes, it works again, but some office files 
from a pc that were originated in europe, cause the print to hickup. The 
hp printer complained about version 1 version 2 on the tiny hp 
display. Rebooted several times and all my linux printing started 
working again. I have the original hp firmware (10 years old). I do not 
trust the updated hp firmwares, for several reason


Thanks Ashley

Re: [gentoo-user] printing pdfs

[james]

On 5/30/20 3:58 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:

On Fri, 29 May 2020 18:30:21 -0400, james wrote:


Correct.
I tried to trim it down. So here is the full output:



   #  eix --category dev-qt --installed --compact
[?] dev-qt/designer (5.14.2(5/5.14)@05/24/2020 -> 5.13.2(5/5.13)^t):
WYSIWYG tool for designing and building graphical user interfaces with
QtWidgets
[?] dev-qt/linguist-tools (5.14.2(5/5.14)@05/24/2020 ->
(~)5.14.1(5/5.14)^t): Tools for working with Qt translation data files
[I] dev-qt/qt-creator (4.8.2@05/24/2020): Lightweight IDE for C++/QML
development centering around Qt


For a much easier to parse (and more email friendly) output, try

qlist -ICv dev-qt/




Thx Neil && Jack:


# qlist -ICv dev-qt/
dev-qt/designer-5.14.2
dev-qt/linguist-5.14.2
dev-qt/linguist-tools-5.14.2
dev-qt/qt-creator-4.8.2
dev-qt/qt-docs-5.14.2_p202003291239
dev-qt/qt3d-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtchooser-66
dev-qt/qtconcurrent-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtcore-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtdatavis3d-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtdbus-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtdeclarative-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtdiag-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtgraphicaleffects-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtgui-5.14.2
dev-qt/qthelp-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtimageformats-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtlockedfile-2.4.1_p20171024
dev-qt/qtmultimedia-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtnetwork-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtopengl-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtpositioning-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtprintsupport-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtquickcontrols-5.14.1
dev-qt/qtscript-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtsingleapplication-2.6.1_p20171024
dev-qt/qtsql-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtsvg-5.14.1
dev-qt/qttest-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtwayland-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtwebchannel-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtwebengine-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtwebkit-5.212.0_pre20200309-r1
dev-qt/qtwidgets-5.14.2
dev-qt/qtx11extras-5.14.2


qlist -ICv dev-qt/ | wc -l
36


Those are the installed. It's trying to upgrade to the latest:

It's trying now to downgrade  any to 5.13.2, or 5.14.1  etc.

I'd rather just block them for now until the 5.14.2 stabilizes?

Any quick (syntax) suggestions on locking into the newest offerings for 
qt* would be keen, as what I have tried, to date, does not seem to 
placate the qt_beast.


Since purging python 2.7 pathway is underhand (not complaining) I 
figured I might as well be up on the latest qt*, as the newest codes 
always seem to work for me.  My next gentoo install will be all 
testing/edge codes.


Note: I also use a wide variety of secondary sources for ebuilds, for 
example:

sync-uri = rsync://roverlay.dev.gentoo.org/roverlay

I suspect the problem(s), that are recurring upgrades with qt* may be do 
to the latest release of qt packages, these extra repos, or something 
unknown to me  as a necessary sequence to upgrade qt packages. It is a 
recurring problem.


hth,
James

Re: [gentoo-user] printing pdfs

[Neil Bothwick]

On Fri, 29 May 2020 18:30:21 -0400, james wrote:

> Correct.
> I tried to trim it down. So here is the full output:
> 
> 
> 
>   #  eix --category dev-qt --installed --compact
> [?] dev-qt/designer (5.14.2(5/5.14)@05/24/2020 -> 5.13.2(5/5.13)^t): 
> WYSIWYG tool for designing and building graphical user interfaces with 
> QtWidgets
> [?] dev-qt/linguist-tools (5.14.2(5/5.14)@05/24/2020 -> 
> (~)5.14.1(5/5.14)^t): Tools for working with Qt translation data files
> [I] dev-qt/qt-creator (4.8.2@05/24/2020): Lightweight IDE for C++/QML 
> development centering around Qt

For a much easier to parse (and more email friendly) output, try

qlist -ICv dev-qt/


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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