I'm using Portage 2.2_rc33. Earlier, I tried emerging app-crypt/qca. This package depends on x11-libs/qt-core. More specifically, it depends on x11-libs/qt-core's "debug" USE flag being set to the same state as for itself. At the time I had set USE="debug" for x11-libs/qt-core, but not for app-crypt/qca. As I tried to emerge dev-crypt/qca, Portage suggested/told me to re-emerge x11-libs/qt-core with USE="-debug". But what I actually wanted to (and ended up doing once I understood the situation) was to also set USE="debug" for app-crypt/qca, making the flag's state match up between the package and the dependency, and allowing it to emerge. I think Portage should communicate more clearly when what a package is after is parity between the state of a flag for a package and a dependency, rather than suggest one particular route (as in this case it suggested changing the flag on the dependency to match the package). Reproducible: Always
s/what a package is after is parity between the state of a flag for a package/what a package is after is parity between the state of a flag for the package/, sorry.
even in the case that it's not a parity USE dep it should display the flag that's causing the conflict. eg. gnome-base/gvfs contains RDEPEND="cdda? (>=dev-libs/libcdio-0.78.2[-minimal]" current output when libcdio built with USE=minimal: emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy ">=dev-libs/libcdio-0.78.2[-minimal]". !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request: - dev-libs/libcdio-0.80 (Change USE: -minimal) (dependency required by "gnome-base/gvfs-1.2.3" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "gvfs" [argument]) suggested output: emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy ">=dev-libs/libcdio-0.78.2[-minimal]". !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request: - dev-libs/libcdio-0.80 (Change USE: -minimal) (dependency required by "gnome-base/gvfs-1.2.3" USE="cdda" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "gvfs" [argument]) or in Eike's case: emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy "x11-libs/qt-core:4[debug?]". !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request: - x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.1 (Change USE: -debug) (dependency required by "app-crypt/qca-2.0.2-r2" USE="-debug" [ebuild]) - app-crypt/qca-2.0.2-r2 (Change USE: debug) (dependency required by "x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.1" USE="debug" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "qca" [argument])
