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.

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