Updating vlc from 0.9.0_alpha20080524 to 0.9.0_alpha20080625, the USE flag for wxwindows has disappeared so the wxWidgets interface never gets built. $ sudo paludis -ip =media-video/vlc-0.9.0_alpha20080524 Building target list... Building dependency list...paludis@1214522806: [WARNING dep_list.downgrade] In program paludis (--dl-installed-deps-pre pre-or-post --continue-on-failure if-satisfied --log-level warning --dl-reinstall-scm weekly) -ip =media-video/vlc-0.9.0_alpha20080524: ... When performing install action from command line: ... When executing install task: ... When building dependency list: ... When adding PackageDepSpec '=media-video/vlc-0.9.0_alpha20080524': ... Downgrade to 'media-video/vlc-0.9.0_alpha20080524:0::gentoo' from 'media-video/vlc-0.9.0_alpha20080625:0::installed' forced These packages will be installed: * media-video/vlc [D 0.9.0_alpha20080625 -> 0.9.0_alpha20080524] <target> (-3dfx)+ X a52 aac -aalib alsa (-altivec) -arts -atmo avahi -bidi cdda cddb -cdio dbus -dc1394 -debug -directfb dts -dvb dvd esd -fbcon ffmpeg flac -fluidsynth -ggi gnome -gnutls hal -httpd id3tag -jack -libcaca libnotify -lirc -live -lua -matroska mmx -modplug mp3 mpeg -musepack musicbrainz ncurses -nsplugin ogg opengl -optimisememory -oss png pulseaudio -pvr -qt4 rtsp samba sdl -sdl-image -seamonkey shout -skins -speex sse -stream svg (-svga) taglib theora truetype -twolame -upnp -v4l -v4l2 vcd -vcdx -vlm vorbis (-win32codecs) wxwindows+ x264 -xinerama xml -xosd xulrunner xv Total: 1 package (1 downgrade) $ sudo paludis -ip vlc Building target list... Building dependency list... These packages will be installed: * media-video/vlc [R 0.9.0_alpha20080625] <target> X a52 aac -aalib alsa (-altivec) -arts -atmo avahi -bidi cdda cddb -cdio dbus -dc1394 -debug -directfb dts -dvb dvd esd -fbcon ffmpeg flac -fluidsynth -ggi gnome -gnutls hal -httpd id3tag -jack -libcaca libnotify -lirc -live -lua -matroska mmx -modplug mp3 mpeg -musepack musicbrainz ncurses -nsplugin ogg opengl -optimisememory -oss png pulseaudio -pvr -qt4 rtsp samba sdl -sdl-image -seamonkey shout -skins -speex sse -stream svg (-svga) taglib theora truetype -twolame -upnp -v4l -v4l2 vcd -vcdx -vlm vorbis (-win32codecs) x264 -xinerama xml -xosd xulrunner xv Total: 1 package (1 rebuild) $ eselect wxwidgets list Available wxWidgets profiles: [1] gtk2-unicode-release-2.8 *
Portage 2.2_rc1 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.1, glibc-2.8_p20080602-r0, 2.6.25-gentoo-r5 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r5-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual_Core_Processor_6000+-with-glibc2.2.5 Timestamp of tree: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:30:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p39 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6 dev-lang/python: 2.5.2-r5 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0 sys-apps/openrc: 0.2.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.62 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.25-r4 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe -ggdb -msse3" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe -ggdb -msse3" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch preserve-libs sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="" LINGUAS="en" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/overlays/paludis-extras /usr/local/overlays/sunrise /usr/local/overlays/gnome /usr/local/overlays/desktop-effects /usr/local/overlays/vmware /usr/local/overlays/berkano /usr/local/overlays/java-overlay /usr/local/overlays/myoverlay" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 amr bash-completion berkdb bluetooth bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cli cracklib crypt css cups dbus dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo fam ffmpeg flac fortran gdbm gif glitz gnome gpm gstreamer gtk hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog java jpeg kde kdehiddenvisibility kerberos ldap libnotify mad midi mikmod mmx mono mp3 mpeg mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl pic png pppd python qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection ruby samba sdl session spell spl sqlite sse sse2 ssl svg tcpd theora tiff truetype unicode usb userlocales vcd vorbis x264 xml xorg xulrunner xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="cmipci hdaintel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Just read the Changelog: 25 Jun 2008; Alexis Ballier <aballier@gentoo.org> vlc-0.9.0_alpha20080625.ebuild: make qt4 a default enabled useflag as most people expect to have a gui and the wx gui is gone This is not Gentoo's fault, but seriously, is QT really the only GUI available on Linux now?
(In reply to comment #2) > Just read the Changelog: > > 25 Jun 2008; Alexis Ballier <aballier@gentoo.org> > vlc-0.9.0_alpha20080625.ebuild: > make qt4 a default enabled useflag as most people expect to have a gui and > the wx gui is gone > > This is not Gentoo's fault, but seriously, is QT really the only GUI available > on Linux now? exactly
<rant>The Qt4 interface sucks. It's so 1995</rant> Sorry. I've to say it somewhere.
