on my gentoo 2008 x86_64 system, i emerged crossdev, and use crossdev -t i686 to install the cross compiler for my x86 gentoo system. on my x86 gentoo system, i am using the latest stable gcc-4.3.2-r3, but the corss compiler gcc is 4.4.1 which is keyword masked. i set this bug to 'major', because current behavior is different of what is said on http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Crossdev. on that wiki page, it is clearly stated that crossdev will emerge the *latest stable version* Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.on a x86_64 system, emerge corssdev 2.crossdev -t i686 3. Actual Results: crossdev emerges the latest masked compiler and related tools Expected Results: crossdev emerges the latest stable compiler and related tools Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.3.2, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.30-gentoo-r4 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r4-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_E6550_@_2.33GHz-with-gentoo-1.12.11.1 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:45:01 +0000 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [enabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p39 dev-lang/python: 2.6.2-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distcc distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/" LANG="en_US" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="en_US.UTF-8 zh_CN.UTF-8 en_US zh_CN" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl acpi alsa amd64 bash-completion berkdb bzip2 cairo cjk cli cracklib crypt cscope dbus dri emerald fortran gdbm glitz gpm gtk hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog kde mmx mudflap multilib mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly opengl openmp pam pcre perl pppd python qt3 qt4 readline reflection samba session spl sse sse2 ssl svg sysfs tcpd truetype unicode vim-syntax xcb xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en_US.UTF-8 zh_CN.UTF-8 en_US zh_CN" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga neomagic nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa vga via vmware voodoo" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
i dont really care what external sites say about crossdev. if they're wrong, take it up with them. if you want stable packages by default, then use the --stable option like the --help says.
