Bill Roberts schreef: > On 01:55 Wed 07 Dec, Holly Bostick wrote: > >> Rafael Fernández López schreef: >> >>>> Hello, I am running a emerge -u world and there is a package >>>> (realplayer) that keeps failing the build due to an error in >>>> package retrieval. >> >> Great idea, Rafael, but that may break other updates, if any of >> them (like xmms, mplayer, xine, etc) use the "real" USE flag.... >> which is probably what's dragging in realplayer in the first place. > > I'm having exactly the same problem. The "USE" flag "real" is what is > bringing "realplayer" in. In my case, I set it to add functionality > to mplayer. When I remove it, no attempt is made to download > "realplayer". > > There are two issues: first, I've seen some discussion indicating > that the "real" flag shouldn't bring in "realplayer", just the > libraries necessary to allow mplayer to play "real" media;
Realplayer is proprietary software (just as *.rm* files are a proprietary media format). They are not open source, so the libraries cannot be brought in separately; they are attached to Realplayer itself. After realplayer is installed, then mPlayer can find the libraries and use them. That's why using the "real" USE flag brings in Realplayer. > second, the download of "realplayer" is blocked by failure of ssl to > recognize a certificate. Curiously, I can go to the site, download > the files manually, and no certificate issue appears. > > Downloading the files didn't solve the problem for me, the ebuild > didn't seem to recognize the downloaded files. Maybe I put them in > the wrong place. The downloaded file should be placed in /usr/portage/distfiles. Perhaps you've downloaded the wrong file? I have Realplayer 10.0.6 installed, and the file in my /distfiles folder is RealPlayer-10.0.6.776-20050915.i586.rpm > I was hoping waiting a few days would get the problem solved, but I > see it's still there. I don't remember having any problems with the certificate, but simply downloading the file and placing it in /usr/portage/distfiles should allow the emerge to continue. Hope this helps, Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
