'lirc_devices_with-driver=devinput' is not a valid use flag name

[tytanick]

hi, i have problem with my paludis, i did everything in howto, and now when i make paludis -pi world i recive this:

Building target list... Building dependency list... Unhandled exception:

• In program paludis -pi world:
• When performing install action from command line:
• When executing install task:
• When adding PackageDepSpec? 'virtual/baselayout':
• When adding installed package 'virtual/baselayout-1.12.10-r4::installed_virtuals':
• When adding run dependencies as post dependencies:
• When adding PackageDepSpec? 'sys-apps/baselayout':
• When adding installed package 'sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.10-r4::installed':
• When adding run dependencies as post dependencies:
• When adding PackageDepSpec? 'virtual/init':
• When fetching metadata for 'virtual/init-0':
• When loading VDBRepository entry for 'virtual/init-0' from '/var/db/pkg':
• When loading key 'USE':
• When validating use flag name 'lirc_devices_with-driver=devinput':
• Name 'lirc_devices_with-driver=devinput' is not a valid use flag name (paludis::UseFlagNameError?)

i removed USE flag from paludis and portage configuration files, and uninstall all packages whitch were using this flag, still have this error, i wrote post on gentoo forum, but 4 days past and still no answer, nobody know what it is about,. please help :-)

tytanick@…

[peper]

Remove 'lirc_devices_with-driver=devinput' from /var/db/pkg/virtual/init-0/USE or just reinstall it (paludis -i virtual/init) and do the same for any other package that gives you that error. I am curious how did this useflag end up in your vdb. Paludis won't install anything if you have such a bogus flag in your config so I guess you had something strange in your make.conf...

Btw. the proper way is: */* LIRC_DEVICES = -* devinput

[peper]

Err, actually you probably won't be able to even reinstall it so you must edit the vdb manually. If many packages are affected it might be worth using sed like: $ sed -e 's/lirc_devices_with-driver=devinputg' -i /var/db/pkg/*/*/USE

btw. you have better chances getting some answers at #paludis (freenode) than on forums...

[peper]

r3014 changed severity of this to a warning.