modern MGE USB ups devices can be used with the new "newhidups" driver supplied in nut. Using the NUT_DRIVERS="newhidups" kinda work but the libusb dependency must be emerged manually. the ebuild doesn't care about it. here is the failure before merging libusb: gcc -I../include -O2 -mcpu=athlon-xp -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -Wall -Wsign-compare -o upsdrvctl upsdrvctl.c ../common/upsconf.o \ ../common/parseconf.o ../common/common.o In file included from libusb.c:35: hid-usb.h:2:30: usb.h: No such file or directory distcc[29214] ERROR: compile libusb.c on nephtys/1 failed make[1]: *** [libusb.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... newhidups.c:385: warning: `hu_find_valinfo' defined but not used In file included from libhid.c:38: hid-usb.h:2:30: usb.h: No such file or directory distcc[29213] ERROR: compile libhid.c on anubis/2 failed make[1]: *** [libhid.o] Error 1 make: *** [build] Error 1 !!! ERROR: www-apps/nut-2.0.0 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 55, Exitcode 2 !!! compile problem !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. libusb is not installed on system 2. NUT_DRIVERS="newhidups" emerge www-apps/nut Actual Results: compilation failure, missing hid-usb.h header file. Expected Results: should hace compiled nut with newhidups driver. Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [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/linux-headers-2.4.21-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=athlon-xp -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /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/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=athlon-xp -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distcc distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ http://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/pub/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j8" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://amenophis/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib acpi alsa apache2 apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr cgi crypt cups dba dga directfb divx4linux dvd dvdr encode esd f77 fam fbdev flac foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile icq imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 jabber java jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww live mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mpeg mysql mythtv nas ncurses network nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pda pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline rtc samba sdl slang slp spell sqlite sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype usb v4l v4l2 videos x86 xinerama xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
This ain't web-apps...
Seems still problematic with www-apps/nut-2.0.1_pre4. I also think nut should go in another category (sys-power?)
this is solved in the experimental ebuilds in bug #85296
commiting in a moment
Fixed in CVS.
