167627 – Check if the package exists, not if it's in stable branch

Bug 167627 - Check if the package exists, not if it's in stable branch

Summary: Check if the package exists, not if it's in stable branch

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:

Depends on:
Blocks:

Reported:	2007-02-19 15:07 UTC by Morgun Leonid
Modified:	2007-02-19 20:25 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required:	---

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.

Description Morgun Leonid 2007-02-19 15:07:17 UTC

emerge checks dependencies in a strange way:
I had kde-base/cervisia-3.5.6, it's ~x86 (due to some reasons, I didn't have it in /etc/portage/package.keywords, I installed it with ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" which I switched off lately)
I wanted to install kdevelop-3.4.0-r2
Lets see its ebuild:
DEPEND="sys-devel/gdb
	>=sys-libs/db-4.1
	cvs? ( || ( kde-base/cervisia kde-base/kdesdk ) )
	graphviz? ( media-gfx/graphviz )"
I must have either cervisia, or kdesdk. BUT when I wanted to install kdevelop, it said me to install kdesdk, as if I hadn't cervisia installed!
The problem solved when I write cervisia into /etc/portage/package.keywords. Only then emerge "saw" it.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Paul Bredbury 2007-02-19 17:00:59 UTC

Asking Portage to accept packages marked unstable, *without* an entry in package.keywords, would be a nightmare of inconsistency.

Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-02-19 20:25:30 UTC

Uh, no way.