"The Linux pcmcia-cs package is officially deprecated. It can only be used with 2.4 and older kernels. Current information on PCMCIA support for recent 2.6 kernels is available here." [prominently displayed at URL] The current DESCRIPTION in the sys-apps/pcmcia-cs ebuilds makes no mention of this restriction: DESCRIPTION="PCMCIA tools for Linux" Whereas the sys-apps/pcmciautils ebuilds do describe their restriction to 2.6.13 and up: DESCRIPTION="PCMCIA userspace utilities for Linux kernel 2.6.13 and beyond" Index: pcmcia-cs-3.2.8-r2.ebuild =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/pcmcia-cs/pcmcia-cs-3.2.8-r2.ebuild,v retrieving revision 1.16 diff -u -B -r1.16 pcmcia-cs-3.2.8-r2.ebuild --- pcmcia-cs-3.2.8-r2.ebuild 19 Apr 2008 23:04:48 -0000 1.16 +++ pcmcia-cs-3.2.8-r2.ebuild 19 May 2008 02:57:02 -0000 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ inherit eutils flag-o-matic toolchain-funcs linux-info -DESCRIPTION="PCMCIA tools for Linux" +DESCRIPTION="PCMCIA tools for Linux 2.4 and older" HOMEPAGE="http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net" SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/pcmcia-cs/${P}.tar.gz" Index: pcmcia-cs-3.2.9_pre20050614.ebuild =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/pcmcia-cs/pcmcia-cs-3.2.9_pre20050614.ebuild,v retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -B -r1.4 pcmcia-cs-3.2.9_pre20050614.ebuild --- pcmcia-cs-3.2.9_pre20050614.ebuild 19 Apr 2008 23:04:48 -0000 1.4 +++ pcmcia-cs-3.2.9_pre20050614.ebuild 19 May 2008 02:57:02 -0000 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MY_P=${PN}.14-Jun-05 S=${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${PV/_pre*/} -DESCRIPTION="PCMCIA tools for Linux" +DESCRIPTION="PCMCIA tools for Linux 2.4 and older" HOMEPAGE="http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net" #SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/pcmcia-cs/${P}.tar.gz" SRC_URI="http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/NEW/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
fixed in cvs, cheers http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-apps/pcmcia-cs/pcmcia-cs-3.2.9_pre20050614.ebuild?r1=1.4&r2=1.5
