I don't like filing bug reports just because something "looks wrong," as opposed to actually having caused me trouble, but here goes anyway. :) From the 8.54 ebuild: amd64? ( qt-static? ( app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-xlibs ) !qt-static? ( app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-qtlibs ) ) !amd64? ( virtual/motif spell? ( app-text/aspell ) x86? ( !qt-static? ( =x11-libs/qt-3* ) ) media-libs/jpeg )" This looks like the spell flag does not force the installation of aspell (which "USE='-* spell' emerge -epv opera" confirms) on amd64. I can't see any reason for that. I also (for the first time ever) have learned enought to suggest a patch. :) --- /usr/portage/www-client/opera/opera-8.54.ebuild 2006-05-31 19:36:16.000000000 +0000 +++ opera-8.54.ebuild 2006-06-15 00:00:00.000000000 +0000 @@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ virtual/x11 ) >=media-libs/fontconfig-2.1.94-r1 + spell? ( app-text/aspell ) amd64? ( qt-static? ( app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-xlibs ) !qt-static? ( app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-qtlibs ) ) !amd64? ( virtual/motif - spell? ( app-text/aspell ) x86? ( !qt-static? ( =x11-libs/qt-3* ) ) media-libs/jpeg )" I also don't understand why the jpeg requirement also only appears in !amd64, but since I know even less about that, I won't claim a bug (maybe someone should look at it though). Thank you.
# file spellcheck.so spellcheck.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), stripped Does it answer your question? The plugin is useless on amd64, won't do any good unless your aspell is 32bit as well, ditto for the rest of plugins-related stuff. As for media-libs/jpeg, the 32bit version is provided by emul-linux-x86-baselibs, no need for that dependency on amd64. I suppose amd64 would prefer to have spell USE flag changed to something else and to use.mask this flag...
I think I understand now. Opera, a 32 bit application, can run 32 bit plugins like netscape-flash, and aspell, a 64 bit application, can not. I agree with masking the USE flag. Thanks again.
or we could simply provide aspell in our emul-libs
Actually, on a second thought, I'd rather keep the number of packages included in the emul-packages as small as possible. The flag is masked for opera only, so your initial problem is fixed.
It seems the 64-bit Opera builds (9.50*) should be capable of using aspell, so it's probably a good idea to change the line in gentoo-x86/profiles/default-linux/amd64/package.use.mask to specify lesser versions (i.e. <www-client/opera-9.50). (I reverted the original Summary change as the proposed change was never actually carried out (package.use.mask was used instead of adding aspell to emul-libs).
Any news on this? Shouldn't the AMD64 builds be able to use the AMD64 aspell?
I think the amd64 team should fix the profiles and close this bug. :)
(In reply to comment #5) > It seems the 64-bit Opera builds (9.50*) should be capable of using aspell, so > it's probably a good idea to change the line in > gentoo-x86/profiles/default-linux/amd64/package.use.mask to specify lesser > versions (i.e. <www-client/opera-9.50). > > (I reverted the original Summary change as the proposed change was never > actually carried out (package.use.mask was used instead of adding aspell to > emul-libs). > Since amd64 is only keyworded on >=www-client/opera-9.62, I removed the entry completely for USE=spell on opera. Please open a new bug for new issues. Thanks.
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