On Monday, July 13, 2015 7:22:30 PM hw wrote: > > So what happened to the 'hvm' USE flag of the "xen-tools" package? > > http://gentoobrowse.randomdan.homeip.net/package/app-emulation/xen-tools > says there is such a flag. However: > > > moonflo ~ # equery uses xen-tools > [ Legend : U - final flag setting for installation] > [ : I - package is installed with flag ] > [ Colors : set, unset ] > * Found these USE flags for app-emulation/xen-tools-4.5.1-r1: > U I > - - api : Build the C libxenapi bindings > - - custom-cflags : Build with user-specified CFLAGS > (unsupported) > - - debug : Enable extra debug codepaths, like > asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces > - - doc : Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, > etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally > - - flask : Enable the Flask XSM module from NSA > - - ovmf : Enable support to boot UEFI guest vm, > needed by hvm > + + pam : Enable pam support > - - pygrub : Install the pygrub boot loader > - - python : Add optional support/bindings for the > Python language > + + python_targets_python2_7 : Build with Python 2.7 > - - qemu : Enable IOEMU support via the use of qemu-dm > - - screen : Enable support for running domain U > console in an app-misc/screen session > - - static-libs : Build static versions of dynamic > libraries as well > - - system-qemu : Using app-emulation/qemu instead of the > bundled one > - - system-seabios : Using sys-firmware/seabios instead of > the bundled one > moonflo ~ # > > > So there is no such flag. Apparently my installation is missing > 'hvmloader', and I'm guessing that I would have that if I could enable > the 'hmv' USE flag. > > How do I enable a USE flag that doesn't seem to exist? >
The hvm flag has an antagonist dependency on net-libs/libiscsi so if you got that installed you can't set the hvm flag. I wasn't aware that equery hides the flags in that case though. If that's not the problem post the output of: USE="-hvm" emerge -va app-emulation/xen-tools -- Fernando Rodriguez
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