Am Sonntag, 3. Juni 2012, 12:51:37 schrieb Michael Sullivan: > On 06/03/12 11:28, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > But his emerge wants to install qt-4.8.1, added to the tree 29 Mar > > 2012 and 4.8.1-r1 went stable 20 May 2012. So while I agree he should > > sync a tad more often, I don't think that is his real problem. > > > > More likely he has Qt packages in world that are now dropped, or not > > updated to 4.8.1. As well as bluedevil stuff in there as well. > > > > It's looking more and more like the OP uses plain emerge to install > > libs and such things, instead of the much better (by keeping them out > > of world) "emerge -1" > > I try to keep my world file clean. I use -1 whenever merging anything I > don't actually want. I don't want bluedevil (or any of that wireless > crap), but a few years ago the system started requiring bluez and I > couldn't get out of it. I do not ever plan to use wireless on this box...
you know - cleaning up useflags helps. Keeping local overlays clean too. And keeping portage-tree current. You seem to have done neither. -- #163933