* media-video/helixplayer [ Masked ] Latest version available: 1.0.5 Latest version installed: 1.0.4 clock@kestrel:~$ ls -d /usr/share/doc/h* /usr/share/doc/hdparm-5.7-r1 /usr/share/doc/host-991529 /usr/share/doc/help2man-1.33.1 /usr/share/doc/hotplug-20040923 /usr/share/doc/hicolor-icon-theme-0.5 /usr/share/doc/httping-0.0.95 clock@kestrel:~$ man helixplayer No manual entry for helixplayer clock@kestrel:~$ info helixplayer No menu item `helixplayer' in node `(dir)Top'.\ clock@kestrel:~$ helixplayer bash: helixplayer: command not found I am unable to determine the name of the binary, therefore am unable to use helixplayer even if it's installed. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.200 41102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r9 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.50GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, May 4 2005, 16:17:52)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r7 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share /config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/ mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/sh are/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/te x/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl emboss enco de esd fam foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 guile imagemagick imap im lib ipv6 jack java jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mng motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt qu icktime readline ruby samba sdl slang spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff tls t ruetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis xine xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU ke rnel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLA Y
'equery f helixplayer' (emerge gentoolkit if you don't have equery)
See comment #1 and post the output and reopen, if it won't answer your questions.
