I'm wondering why portage wants to rebuild the xorg-server even if I didn't enabled the removed USE-flags "intel" and "i810" : [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r6 USE="dri ipv6 nptl xorg -3dfx -debug -dmx -kdrive -minimal -sdl -xprint" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev joystick keyboard mouse -acecad -aiptek -calcomp -citron -digitaledge -dmc -dynapro -elo2300 -elographics -fpit -hyperpen -jamstudio -magellan -microtouch -mutouch -palmax -penmount -spaceorb -summa -synaptics -tek4957 -ur98 -vmmouse -void -wacom" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon vga -apm -ark -chips -cirrus -cyrix -dummy -epson -fbdev -fglrx -glint -i128 -i740 (-impact) -imstt -intel% -mach64 -mga -neomagic (-newport) -nsc -nv -nvidia -r128 -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6) (-sunffb) (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -vesa -via -vmware -voodoo (-i810%)" 0 kB [ebuild R ] media-libs/mesa-6.5.2-r1 USE="nptl -debug -doc -motif -pic -xcb" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon -intel% -mach64 -mga -none -r128 -s3virge -savage -sis (-sunffb) -tdfx -trident -via (-i810%)" 0 kB Total: 2 packages (2 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 kB Reproducible: Always tfoerste@n22 ~ $ emerge --info Portage 2.1.4.5 (default/linux/x86/2008.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.25.18 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.25.18 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1700MHz Timestamp of tree: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:45:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6 dev-lang/python: 2.5.2-r7 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r2 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: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.muntinternet.net/pub/gentoo/ http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://gentoo.mneisen.org/ http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="de en" MAKEOPTS="-j 2" 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/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa apache2 berkdb bzip2 cairo cddb cli cracklib crypt css cups curl dbus dri dvd dvdr dvdread dynamicplugin encode exif fam fastbuild fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk hyphenation iconv ipv6 isdnlog jai java javascript jimi joystick jpeg kde logrotate mad mbox midi mikmod mmap mmx mmxext mp2 mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap mysql ncurses nls nntp nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd python readline real reflection session spl sse sse2 ssl subversion svg sysfs tcpd tk truetype unicode userlocales visualization vorbis wav wifi win32codecs wmf x264 x86 xcomposite xml xorg xpm zlib" ALSA_CARDS="intel8x0" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd 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 dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse joystick evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon vga" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
If you use --newuse, that's the expected behaviour. Did you use --newuse?
Oh yes, does this mean, that "--newuse" force a rebuild even if an USE flag was removed which wasn't previously set ?
It does, since that could mean that the option the flag turned off has now been permanently turned on (which would produce a different package when you recompiled). Basically, there's no way for portage to know whether it's a pointless rebuild or a useful one (without the ebuild saying so), so it chooses the safe option (since you explicitly asked for changes to USE flags to be rebuilt). I'm going to mark this as WONTFIX, but if you think it's really daft behaviour, reopen this and we'll assign it to the portage team. (If we do that though, they may still close it again saying they won't fix it, just so you're aware). Hope that's ok... 5:)
(In reply to comment #3) > Basically, there's no way for portage to know whether it's a > pointless rebuild or a useful one Ah, ok. > Hope that's ok... 5:) yes - I understand it :-)
