the ebuild of vnc seems to just contain the viewer, not the server. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r14 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r14 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Feb 9 2005, 21:33:01)] distcc 2.12.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.4_p6, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.4, 1.7.9-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -pipe -O2" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/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/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="-march=athlon64 -pipe -O2" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/p ub/gentoo ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo" LC_ALL="POSIX" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X aalib acpi alsa arts berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr crypt cups curl directfb dvd dvdr esd f77 fam fbcon flac font-server foomaticdb fortran g77 gdbm ggi gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtkhtml guile imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jp2 jpeg junit kde ldap libwww lzw lzw-tiff mad mikmod motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql nas ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png postgres python qt readline ruby scanner sdl slang snmp ssl tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts ungif usb userlocales xml xml2 xmms xpm xrandr xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
to clarify---this is what our package calls vnc, and what the world seems to call "realvnc" /iaw
Have you tried adding the "server" USE flag? For example, add the line: net-misc/vnc server to your /etc/portage/package.use (create the file if it doesn't already exist).
Re-assign.
This WORKSFORME on vnc-4.0-r1 when the `server` use flag is in effect, suggesting RESOLVED INVALID.
the server USE flag does seem to be a bit obscure, especially from the perspective of vnc. I would suggest that at the end of the VNC build, you emit a warning that says something like "this build was without use flag "server" and therefore installed only the client". alternatively, I would also offer a vnc-server ebuild, that contains the server and client, and which differs only by setting the server use flag. just suggestions to make it more userfriendly... regards, /iaw
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 77376 ***
