2008/12/22 Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>: > > On 22 Dec 2008, at 05:36, Willie Wong wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 04:52:54AM +0000, Penguin Lover Stroller squawked: >>> >>> On 20 Dec 2008, at 04:34, Arttu V. wrote: >>> >>>> On 12/20/08, Willie Wong <ww...@princeton.edu> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I think you can try use unmasking the flag: >>>>> add a line to /etc/portage/package.use.mask >>>> >>>> It's profiles related stuff, so I think >>>> /etc/portage/profiles/package.use.mask will be the right place. At >>>> least if one trusts portage's man page. >> >> HAHA! Arttu, you also have a typo! ;) >> >> The file should be in >> >> /etc/portage/profile/package.use.mask >> >> Note that 'profile' is singular, not plural. >> >> portage's man page can be trusted, but not Arttu's nor my typing >> skills. > > That's great! Thanks! > > Stroller. > > >
The problem was that the dvdnav USE-flag was masked and you unmasked the mplayer and dvdnav packages in the first place. This did not affect the mplayer package that was built without dvdnav support as the flag was still deactivated. Here [1] is some information from the maintainer of mplayer. [1] http://wonkabar.org/archives/546 -- Regards, Daniel
