openoffice-2.4.1 requires >=dev-libs/icu-3.8. xerces-c-2.8.0-r1 requires <dev-libs/icu-3.8 when compiling with the icu USE flag. When compiling xerces-c with icu, this results in: dev-libs/icu:0 ('installed', '/', 'dev-libs/icu-3.6-r2', 'nomerge') pulled in by ('installed', '/', 'dev-libs/xerces-c-2.8.0-r1', 'nomerge') ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-libs/icu-3.8.1-r1', 'merge') pulled in by ('ebuild', '/', 'app-office/openoffice-2.4.1', 'merge') ('installed', '/', 'dev-libs/boost-1.35.0-r2', 'nomerge') The *workaround* (as noted in bug #208699) is to compile xerces-c -icu. However, this leads to other problems for myself as I'm developing a project that uses these features of xerces-c. I don't think it's enough to post a work around in an obscure bug report. I believe that portage should address the issue somewhere its self. Some possibilities: * >=xerces-c-2.8 ebuilds warn about problems with icu conflicts, suggest masking in /etc/portage/package.mask * >=xerces-c-2.8 ebuilds have ~amd64 (and other appropriate) keyword(s) removed * >=xerces-c-2.8 globally masked (masking in /etc/portage/package.mask seems to be the solution for my particular problem) * openoffice-2.4.1 add COMMON_DEPEND atom "<dev-libs/xerces-c-2.8" - even though it doesn't use xerces-c (hopefully, there's a cleaner way of implementing that) Please don't close invalid, wontfix, etc without carefully considering this -- primarily that the workarounds are neither intuitive or easily discovered. Thank you. Additional Notes: Please also note that openoffice 3.0.0 is currently globally masked, so it's existence (and compatibility with >=icu-3.8) isn't a solution at this time: "=app-office/openoffice-3.0.0" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - app-office/openoffice-3.0.0 (masked by: package.mask) /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: # Andreas Proschofsky <suka@gentoo.org> (22 Aug 2008) # Beta release, still got some issues Side note: Due to bug #208001, I suspect that the openoffice COMMON_DEPEND atom ">=dev-libs/icu-3.8" should be changed to ">=dev-libs/icu-3.8.1-r1", although the current portage tree does pull in dev-libs/icu-3.8.1-r1 at this time. See also bug #208699, which has been closed "resolved fixed" Portage 2.2_rc11 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.1, glibc-2.8_p20080602-r0, 2.6.25-gentoo-r8 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r8-x86_64-AMD_Phenom-tm-_9850_Quad-Core_Processor-with-glibc2.2.5 Timestamp of tree: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:31:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p39 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.5.2-r8 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r8 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.2 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0 sys-apps/openrc: 0.2.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r3 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.26 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" 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Update: OpenOffice 3.0.0 appears to be unmasked now
(In reply to comment #1) > Update: OpenOffice 3.0.0 appears to be unmasked now > And it doesn't depend on xerces anymore, so the bug is already obsolete...
