enchant-1.3.0 has IUSE="", so the aspell useflag cannot be set for it, but claws-mail 3.6.1 depends on ( >=app-text/enchant-1.0.0 ) if USE=spell. It should depend on ( >app-text/enchant-1.3.0 ), because only the most recent version of enchant has IUSE="aspell..." Reproducible: Always Actual Results: >>> Emerging (1 of 3) mail-client/claws-mail-3.6.1 * claws-mail-3.6.1.tar.bz2 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * * ERROR: mail-client/claws-mail-3.6.1 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called pkg_setup * claws-mail-3.6.1.ebuild, line 46: Called built_with_use 'app-text/enchant' 'aspell' * eutils.eclass, line 1721: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die) die "Unable to determine what USE flags $PKG was built with";; * The die message: * Unable to determine what USE flags app-text/enchant-1.3.0 was built with * * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/mail-client/claws-mail-3.6.1/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/mail-client/claws-mail-3.6.1/temp/die.env'. *
Same problem with claws-mail-3.6.1-r1
A workaround (of sorts) is to disable spellchecking with echo mail-client/claws-mail -spell >> /etc/package.use
claws-mail does not build against enchant-1.3.0 either. Same error.
As noted in bug 250115 --missing true is the key for the correct built_with_use check. To clarify what the problem was: I checked unconditionally for USE=aspell in app-text/enchant, but this USE flag only exists in versions >= 1.4.2, although the aspell functionality is included in lower versions without any additional USE flags. So the now used --missing true option for the USE flag check will just wave it through if there is no aspell USE flag at. It will only fail on USE=-aspell (note the minus sign). Sorry for the inconvenience, but I was a bit short on time lately. This should be fixed now, so please report back if you still get errors with enchant < 1.4.2 and Claws with USE=spell
The check is not needed at all, see bug 250115 for an explanation.
