I have a machine (laptop) with 2GB memory. Bulding pypy requires 4GB. So i build on the desktop and use a binary package, but the ebuild tells me that i need 4GB to install the binary package. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge --usepkg y -v pypy 2. emerge fails Actual Results: # emerge --usepkg y -v pypy These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [binary N ] dev-python/pypy-1.9 USE="bzip2 doc examples jit ncurses sqlite ssl xml -sandbox -shadowstack" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 new, 1 binary), Size of downloads: 0 kB >>> Running pre-merge checks for dev-python/pypy-1.9 * pypy-1.9.tbz2 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * Checking for at least 4 gibibytes RAM ... [ !! ] * There is NOT at least 4 gibibytes RAM * * Space constrains set in the ebuild were not met! * The build will most probably fail, you should enhance the space * as per failed tests. * * ERROR: dev-python/pypy-1.9 failed (pretend phase): * Build requirements not met! * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 85: Called pkg_pretend * environment, line 2744: Called check-reqs_pkg_pretend * environment, line 1113: Called check-reqs_pkg_setup * environment, line 1120: Called check-reqs_output * environment, line 1107: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * [[ ${EBUILD_PHASE} == "pretend" && -z ${I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING} ]] && die "Build requirements not met!"; * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=dev-python/pypy-1.9'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=dev-python/pypy-1.9'`. * The complete build log is located at '/mnt/data/portage/portage/dev-python/pypy-1.9/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/mnt/data/portage/portage/dev-python/pypy-1.9/temp/environment'. * Working directory: '/mnt/data/portage/portage/dev-python/pypy-1.9' * S: '/mnt/data/portage/portage/dev-python/pypy-1.9/work/pypy-1.9' Expected Results: A build requirement of 4GB RAM shouldn't be checked when building from binary. # emerge --info '=dev-python/pypy-1.9' Portage 2.1.10.65 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.6.3, glibc-2.15-r2, 3.4.0-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.4.0-gentoo-x86_64-Mobile_AMD_Sempron-tm-_Processor_3800+-with-gentoo-2.1 Timestamp of tree: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:00:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p29 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.12 dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3-r1 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.8-r2 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1-r1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.10.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 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The pypy ebuild uses the check-reqs eclass to check for enough ram, and the check-reqs eclass calls "die" for us if it's used from pkg_pretend. I think check-reqs_pkg_pretend should be a noop if MERGE_TYPE is "binary". QA team, as you're the maintainer of this eclass: could you make this change, or let me make it? The alternative would be for pypy to conditionally call check-reqs_pkg_pretend, but as this eclass is meant to be used for "ebuilds which have very high *build* requirements" it probably makes more sense for the eclass to do it, or many check-reqs users will accidentally incorrectly fail with binpkgs the way pypy does.
(In reply to comment #1) Reminder: MERGE_TYPE was introduced in EAPI 4; its value is undefined in previous EAPI versions. So worst case, the improved logic works only in EAPI 4 or greater.
That's why I mentioned checking for this in pkg_pretend, although I did not realize when I said that that the eclass uses *both* pkg_pretend and pkg_setup in EAPI 4. But yeah, I think this can only sensibly be fixed in EAPI 4.
Meanwhile this bug was fixed by checking for MERGE_TYPE in pretend and setup
