I'm updating my system ... alsa-lib depends on alsa-driver which depends on a 2.4 kernel, so it wants to install a 2.4-series kernel. I use a 2.6-series one. Aren't the linux-headers26 sufficient ? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. mask sys-kernel/gentoo-sources (/etc/portage/package.mask) 2. emerge alsa-lib with a 2.6 kernel installed (no 2.4 kernel) Actual Results: Calculating world dependencies | !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "sys-kernel/gentoo-sources" have been masked.!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.22-r20 (masked by: package.mask) - sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r29 (masked by: package.mask) - sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.25-r13 (masked by: package.mask) - sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.26-r13 (masked by: package.mask) - sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.28-r2 (masked by: package.mask, ~x86 keyword) - sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.27-r5 (masked by: package.mask, ~x86 keyword) For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or section 2.2 "Software Availability" in the Gentoo Handbook. !!! (dependency required by "media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.6a" [ebuild]) Expected Results: I think it should compile with the 2.6 headers, so I won't have to have 2 kernel sources installed (they're huge) Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.80GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=pentium4 -msse2 -mfpmath=sse -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/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 -pipe -march=pentium4 -msse2 -mfpmath=sse -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/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 aalib alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bootsplash cdr crypt cups divx4linux dvd encode esd f77 faad fam flac foomaticdb fortran gcj gdbm gif gimpprint gnome gnutls gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml imagemagick imlib ipv6 ix86 jack java jce jpeg libg++ libwww mad matroska mikmod mmx mng motif mozilla moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mozsvg mpeg ncurses nls nptl objc oggvorbis opengl oss pam pda pdflib perl png ppds python quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svg svga tcpd theora tiff truetype wmf x86 xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
alsa-lib needs virtual/alsa which is PROVIDEd by all the 2.6 kernels and alsa-driver. Change your /etc/portage/virtuals for virtual/linux-sources virtual/alsa to the sources youu want. And for building the driver, you need the same sources as the kernel you are building for.
