Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-25 Thread lee
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk writes: On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:42:00 +0200, hw wrote: Of course, there may be a very good reason why this flag is masked on no-multilib profiles, in which case you will not only see why but get to keep the resulting shrapnel. I would say it is wrong

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 20:44:36 -0400, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: app-emulation/xen-tools -hvm Note the -, you are negating the mask. the syntax if perfectly logical if you think about it with the right kind of logic. It is perfectly logical, it just don't follow the same convention

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-15 Thread wraeth
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:33:26PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: ebuilds are only shell scripts, not magic spells. Such blasphemy! -- wraeth wra...@wraeth.id.au GnuPG Key: B2D9F759 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-15 Thread hw
Am 14.07.2015 um 22:47 schrieb Neil Bothwick: On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 22:12:09 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: You override profiles in /etc/portage/profile. In this case add cat/pkg - hvm to package.use.mask. man portage for more information ha, I had tried (among other things)

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:42:00 +0200, hw wrote: Of course, there may be a very good reason why this flag is masked on no-multilib profiles, in which case you will not only see why but get to keep the resulting shrapnel. I would say it is wrong to disable this flag in the first place,

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-14 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
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

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-14 Thread hw
Hi, now I found this: moonflo ~ # find /usr/portage/profiles/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -P24 grep xen-tools [...] /usr/portage/profiles/ChangeLog-2007: Add hvm USE flag for Xen HVM support in xen-tools. Mask on no-multilib [...] And: http://gentoo-en.vfose.ru/wiki/Xen If you plan

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-14 Thread hw
Am 14.07.2015 um 08:04 schrieb Fernando Rodriguez: 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 ~ #

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-14 Thread hw
Am 13.07.2015 um 22:51 schrieb Mike Gilbert: On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 1:22 PM, hw h...@gartencenter-vaehning.de wrote: So what happened to the 'hvm' USE flag of the xen-tools package? Something is wrong with your repository. The flag is there. I would suggest that you start by disabling

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-14 Thread hw
Am 13.07.2015 um 21:55 schrieb Alan McKinnon: On 13/07/2015 19:22, 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 [

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 14/07/2015 21:18, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 6:50:28 PM Neil Bothwick wrote: On 14 July 2015 10:55:46 BST, hw h...@gartencenter-vaehning.de wrote: Hi, now I found this: moonflo ~ # find /usr/portage/profiles/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -P24 grep xen-tools

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-14 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 6:50:28 PM Neil Bothwick wrote: On 14 July 2015 10:55:46 BST, hw h...@gartencenter-vaehning.de wrote: Hi, now I found this: moonflo ~ # find /usr/portage/profiles/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -P24 grep xen-tools [...]

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 22:12:09 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: You override profiles in /etc/portage/profile. In this case add cat/pkg - hvm to package.use.mask. man portage for more information ha, I had tried (among other things) package.use.unmask following the convention

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-14 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 9:47:46 PM Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 22:12:09 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: You override profiles in /etc/portage/profile. In this case add cat/pkg - hvm to package.use.mask. man portage for more information ha, I had tried

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-14 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 11:55:46 AM hw wrote: Hi, now I found this: moonflo ~ # find /usr/portage/profiles/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -P24 grep xen-tools [...] /usr/portage/profiles/ChangeLog-2007: Add hvm USE flag for Xen HVM support in xen-tools. Mask on no-multilib

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On 14 July 2015 10:55:46 BST, hw h...@gartencenter-vaehning.de wrote: Hi, now I found this: moonflo ~ # find /usr/portage/profiles/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -P24 grep xen-tools [...] /usr/portage/profiles/ChangeLog-2007: Add hvm USE flag for Xen HVM support in xen-tools.

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 13/07/2015 19:22, 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

Re: [gentoo-user] xen: How to enable a non-existant USE flag? (xen doesn't work)

2015-07-13 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 1:22 PM, hw h...@gartencenter-vaehning.de wrote: So what happened to the 'hvm' USE flag of the xen-tools package? Something is wrong with your repository. The flag is there. I would suggest that you start by disabling any overlays, and run emerge --sync. floppym@naomi