On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:06:30 +0800 Andrew Lowe <a...@wht.com.au> wrote:
> On 06/04/12 19:15, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 04.06.2012 12:50, Andrew Lowe wrote: > >> On 06/04/12 16:36, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > >>> > >>> On 04.06.2012 10:30, Andrew Lowe wrote: > >>>> Hi all, Can someone please point me to the doco that decodes > >>>> the following errors: > > [snip] > > ... > > ... > > ... > > [snip] > > > >>> Hinnerk > >> > >> Hinnerk, Thanks for the decode, but where did YOU get the knowledge > >> from? I want to understand this, so I don't have to send you an > >> email every time I get one of these and need it decoded ;) > >> > >> Andrew > >> > > > > Ok, I'll try t explain it: > > > >> The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied: cgi? ( > >> perl ) > > > > First: it states that a REQUIRED_USE flag is not set. That means > > that some functionality depends on a special useflag. > > The next line states, which useflag is the one in question and which > > useflag it needs: > > You could interprete "cgi?" as "If cgi is set, then test for the > > following" and ( perl ) is the flag which is tested. > > > > > > The rest is simply for more information: > > > > The above constraints are a subset of the following complete > > expression: cgi? ( perl ) cvs? ( perl ) subversion? ( perl ) > > webdav? ( curl ) > > > > It follows the same syntax, though. > > > > I hope this si helping... > > > > WKR > > Hinnerk > > What I was looking for is a man page/a wiki page/something in > the Gentoo doco pages, but if that's all there is to it, then thanks > for the info. man 5 ebuild would be the most likely place to start -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
