DO_NOT_COMPILE is a variable that I put in /etc/make.conf for KDE packages to prevent installing certain applications in the package. I had my DO_NOT_COMPILE set like: DO_NOT_COMPILE="kwrite kghostview kpdf kpager kgpg kjots kamera kwallet" But when I tried to use emerge world to update my system, I got an error at compiling kdelibs, something about it didn't know how to make kwallet. On a hunch, I removed kwallet from the variable and it worked for a while longer, but then I got a similar message for kghostview (I forget if it was while compiling kdelibs this second time). I removed that too and everything worked. Sorry I can't provide more information, I forgot to save the error message or pay more attention at the time. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Put kwallet or kghostview in the DO_NOT_COMPILE variable in /etc/make.conf 2. Try to update kde with emerge 3. Actual Results: It would compile KDE Expected Results: Compiled KDE normally, excluding those programs root>emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r9 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.6.5-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp:///ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm arts avi berkdb cdr crypt cups dvd encode foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk2 imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png ppds python qt quicktime readline scanner sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd truetype usb x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
I forgot to say: I had those programs installed before doing the emerge, so maybe the error was from trying to remove them and being unable to.
I consider DO_NOT_COMPILE as not supported, because the missing binaries are not reflected via R/DEPEND variables. If you are not sure, which implications DO_NOT_COMPILE has, don't use it! You're on your own with it. DO_NOT_COMPILE="" and re-emerging your kde-base/* ebuilds such fix your problem. `revdep-rebuild` -p doesn't harm, too.
I made a mistake in Actual Results. I meant to say "It wouldn't compile KDE". Is there a way to edit these bug reports? It's unfortunate that DO_NOT_COMPILE doesn't work properly; it seemed really useful. What's an R/DEPEND variable or where can I find out about them? Is it just in Gentoo that there's this problem or is it the KDE people that haven't implemented DO_NOT_COMPILE properly?
reopen to reassign
>It's unfortunate that DO_NOT_COMPILE doesn't work properly I wouldn't say that it doesn't work properly. Portage just cannot know anything about it. If you know what you're doing and what you have to do if something doesn't work, then you can use it. R/DEPND variables tell Portage which runtime/dependencies ebuilds have. Refer to http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml for further information.
closing again
