The following "sci-physics" herd ebuild sci,java: /usr/portage/sci-libs/vtk/vtk-5.6.0-r2.ebuild builds OK on alpha, request "~alpha" keyword. The build was, however, w/o java... furutaka@genalpha ~ $ equery -C uses vtk [ Legend : U - flag is set in make.conf ] [ : I - package is installed with flag ] [ Colors : set, unset ] * Found these USE flags for sci-libs/vtk-5.6.0-r2: U I - - R : Enable support for dev-lang/R - - boost : Add support for boost - - cg : Use nvidia's cg shaders - - doc : Adds extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc) - - elibc_FreeBSD : ELIBC setting for systems that use the FreeBSD C library - - examples : Install examples, usually source code + - ffmpeg : Enable ffmpeg-based audio/video codec support - - java : Adds support for Java - - mpi : Adds MPI (Message Passing Interface) layer to the apps that support it - - mysql : Adds mySQL Database support - - odbc : Adds ODBC Support (Open DataBase Connectivity) - - patented : Build patented classes - - postgres : Adds support for the postgresql database + + python : Adds support/bindings for the Python language + + qt4 : Adds support for the Qt GUI/Application Toolkit version 4.x - - tcl : Adds support the Tcl language - - theora : Adds support for the Theora Video Compression Codec - - threads : Adds threads support for various packages. Usually pthreads + - tk : Adds support for Tk GUI toolkit
Sorry, we currently lack the archtesting manpower to ensure speedy handling of such a large number of new packages.