I have a P1 router with gentoo installed and I install software on it by building packages on my big computer (using an image of the router installation) and then simply install them using --usepkg on the router. Now I did an "emerge freeswan" on my big box and it first compiled dev-libs/gmp-4.1-r1 (which is a dep) and then net-misc/freeswan-1.99. Ok so far. After that I installed the package on the little one using "emerge freeswan --usepkg" but it only installed the freeswan stuff. An "emerge freeswan -pv" showed Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] dev-libs/gmp-4.1-r1 [ebuild R ] net-misc/freeswan-1.99 but an "emerge freeswan --usepkg -pv" only showed Calculating dependencies ...done! [binary R ] net-misc/freeswan-1.99 This is the forums discussion about the problem http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=514809 Thanks, take care, have fun /christian Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. build the freeswan package (and deps) without installing them 2. emerge --usepkg freeswan Actual Results: portage will install ONLY the freeswan build without deps Expected Results: portage should first install the deps for freeswan, and then freeswan itself. Portage 2.0.49-r3 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.20-gentoo-r6) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r6 i586 Pentium 75 - 200 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-mcpu=i586 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/mnt/data/gentoo/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/mnt/data/gentoo/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss apm arts avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif gpm imlib jpeg libg++ mad mikmod mmx motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl pdflib png quicktime sdl spell svga truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python maildir -X -gtk -gnome -kde -alsa -qt -java ipv6 mysql"
OK, I knew, I missed something. I didn't think about RDEPEND <!=> DEPEND. So portage behaves exactly like it should. Sorry guys. take care, have fun /christian
