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Bug 122675

Summary: xorg-x11-7.0-r1 has bad dependency on xf86-input-vmmouse-12.3.1.0
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Tim Fleming <tfleming>
Component: New packagesAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: 2005.1   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Tim Fleming 2006-02-13 05:23:13 UTC
Attempting to install xorg-x11 gives the following dependency:

Calculating dependencies -
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse-12.3.1.0 (masked by: package.mask)
# Bryan Stine <battousai@gentoo.org> (15 Jan 2006)
# New modular vmware mouse driver. Untested driver and untested PIC patch.


For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
(dependency required by "x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0-r1" [ebuild])

If I add x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse-12.3.1.0 to package.unmask and package.keywords then I get a dependency back on xorg-6.8.2:

[blocks B     ] x11-libs/libXft (is blocking x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6)
[blocks B     ] <=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9 (is blocking x11-drivers/xf86-video-neomagic-1.0.0.5)
[blocks B     ] <=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9 (is blocking x11-drivers/xf86-video-cirrus-1.0.0.5)
...
[ebuild  N    ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-ur98-1.0.0.5  USE="-debug"
[ebuild  N    ] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6  USE="dlloader mmx opengl pam sse xv -3dfx -3dnow -bitmap-fonts -cjk -debug -dmx -doc -font-server -insecure-drivers -ipv6 -minimal -nls -nocxx -sdk -static -truetype-fonts -type1-fonts -xprint"
[ebuild  N    ] virtual/x11-6.8


emerge --info:

Portage 2.1_pre4-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.14-gentoo-r2 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.14-gentoo-r2 i686 VIA Nehemiah
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.11
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r6
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5
sys-devel/binutils:  2.15.92.0.2-r10
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.18-r1
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 X a52 aac acpi alsa apache2 cdr crypt curl directfb dlloader dri dvd dvdread fbcon ffmpeg fftw mmap mmx mpeg mysql mythtv nptl ogg opengl pam perl php python sdl sse ssl stream tcpd transcode truetype unichrome vcd vorbis xv xvid xvmc xvmc-vld zlib elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-02-13 05:29:30 UTC
Yeah, please read the following before filing similar bugs...

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml