On Sonntag 02 Mai 2010, Petric Frank wrote: > Hello, > > Am Sonntag 02 Mai 2010 08:56:29 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > > On Sonntag 02 Mai 2010, Philip Webb wrote: > > > For the past few weeks, I have noticed the following bizarre msg : > > > root:503 ~> emerge -Dup world > > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > > Calculating dependencies | > > > * Please fix your ebuild to not inherit the deprecated qt3.eclass > > > * Please fix your ebuild to not inherit the deprecated qt3.eclass > > > * Please fix your ebuild to not inherit the deprecated qt3.eclass > > > ... done! > > > > > > Yes, I have the KDE 3 overlay installed, > > > but even so how can a mere user be expected to "fix an ebuild", > > > whatever that may mean anyway. Can anyone enlighten me > > > as to the cause &/or purpose of these repeated msgs ? > > > > the cause: the qt3.eclass is deprecated (because qt3 and everything > > > > depending on it is 'dead'). The ebuilds use this eclass, portage warns > > about it. There is nothing you can do about it. > > But there should a note *which* ebuild have to be fixed, right ? > > regards
that warning is not meant for you - the user - but devs. You don't fix the ebuild. Just ignore the warning. And if you are curios - grep is your friend.