Trying to break a circular dependency (that is another issue), I tried to force install webkit-gtk, it fail due to a missing dependency that it even tell you about: dev-util/ninja, This is a new gentoo install that is a few days old... Main SSD crashed the 24... Nice xmas gift from my computer... # emerge -1v net-libs/webkit-gtk --nodeps * IMPORTANT: 15 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news read to view new items. These are the packages that would be merged, in order: [ebuild N ] net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5:4/37::gentoo USE="(X) egl geoloc gstreamer introspection jit opengl spell webgl -coverage -doc -gles2 -libsecret {-test} (-wayland)" 0 KiB Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 0 KiB >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Running pre-merge checks for net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5 >>> Emerging (1 of 1) net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5::gentoo * webkitgtk-2.8.5.tar.xz SHA256 SHA512 WHIRLPOOL size ;-) ... [ ok ] >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking webkitgtk-2.8.5.tar.xz to /var/tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5/work >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5/work >>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5/work/webkitgtk-2.8.5 ... * Applying webkit-gtk-2.8.5-fix-ia64-build.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying webkit-gtk-2.8.5-fix-alpha-build.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying webkit-gtk-2.8.5-webkit2gtkinjectedbundle-j1.patch ... [ ok ] * Fixing OMF Makefiles ... [ ok ] * Disabling deprecation warnings ... [ ok ] >>> Source prepared. >>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5/work/webkitgtk-2.8.5 ... >>> Working in BUILD_DIR: "/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5/work/webkit-gtk-2.8.5_build" * ERROR: net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5::gentoo failed (configure phase): * CMAKE_MAKEFILE_GENERATOR is set to ninja, but ninja is not installed. Please install dev-util/ninja or unset CMAKE_MAKEFILE_GENERATOR. * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 90: Called src_configure * environment, line 4988: Called cmake-utils_src_configure * environment, line 1308: Called _execute_optionally 'src_configure' * environment, line 524: Called enable_cmake-utils_src_configure * environment, line 1927: Called _generator_to_use * environment, line 601: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "CMAKE_MAKEFILE_GENERATOR is set to ninja, but ninja is not installed. Please install dev-util/ninja or unset CMAKE_MAKEFILE_GENERATOR."; * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5::gentoo'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5::gentoo'`. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5/temp/environment'. * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5/work/webkitgtk-2.8.5' * S: '/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5/work/webkitgtk-2.8.5'
I forgot to include the circular dependency I have, as a proof of the missing dependency, notice that ninja is not there: # emerge -1v net-libs/webkit-gtk * IMPORTANT: 15 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news read to view new items. These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5:4/37::gentoo USE="(X) egl geoloc gstreamer introspection jit opengl spell webgl -coverage -doc -gles2 -libsecret {-test} (-wayland)" 10,211 KiB [nomerge ] app-misc/geoclue-2.2.0:2.0::gentoo USE="modemmanager" [nomerge ] net-libs/libsoup-2.50.0:2.4::gentoo USE="introspection samba ssl -debug {-test}" ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)" [ebuild N ] net-libs/glib-networking-2.44.0::gentoo USE="libproxy ssl -gnome -smartcard {-test}" ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)" 367 KiB [ebuild N ] net-libs/libproxy-0.4.11-r2::gentoo USE="kde python webkit -gnome -mono -networkmanager -perl -spidermonkey {-test}" ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" 92 KiB [ebuild N ] net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.9:3/25::gentoo USE="X egl geoloc gstreamer introspection jit opengl spell webgl (-aqua) -coverage -debug -gles2 -libsecret {-test} -wayland" 9,611 KiB [ebuild N ] app-misc/geoclue-2.2.0:2.0::gentoo USE="modemmanager" 331 KiB [ebuild N ] net-libs/libsoup-2.50.0:2.4::gentoo USE="introspection samba ssl -debug {-test}" ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)" 1,714 KiB
$ grep -c ninja /usr/portage/metadata/md5-cache/net-libs/webkit-gtk-* /usr/portage/metadata/md5-cache/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.10.4-r1:1 /usr/portage/metadata/md5-cache/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.9:0 /usr/portage/metadata/md5-cache/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.9-r200:0 /usr/portage/metadata/md5-cache/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5:1 $ grep ninja /usr/portage/metadata/md5-cache/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.8.5 DEPEND="... dev-util/ninja ..."
Don't use --nodeps. webkit-gtk ebuild correctly depends on ninja (via cmake-utils eclass) but you are telling emerge to ignore missing dependencies.
Look at post 2, I forgot initially to post it, the --nodeps was to try to break throught the circular dependency, but without --nodeps ninja was NOT pulled in. So, maybe the circular dependency prevented portage from pulling it, or the ebuild lack it as dependency. tl;dr: post 2 should have been made first, followed by post 1...
Could you add your emerge --info and paste the output of $ emerge -1ep --tree webkit-gtk:4 The output on my ~arch system is: $ emerge -1ep --tree webkit-gtk:4 [...] [nomerge ] net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.10.4-r1 [ebuild R ] dev-util/ninja-1.6.0 [...] afair the eclass, there is no way the dependency could be missed unless you set WANT_CMAKE to something different than "always" in your environment.
Then it must have been the circular dependency that caused portage to stop digging deeper... Ow well, better that way anyway
