Latest gnome-2.6 componet libgtkhtml was added to gnome-extra/libgtkhtml portage group, when that group holds another gnome component, gtkhtml, which version numbers vary. This can cause problems emerging the gnome desktop (emerge gnome) or problems with gtkhtml apps like evolution. This is an example when emerging different files from the same group. root@dhampir libgtkhtml # emerge libgtkhtml-2.6.0.ebuild --fetchonly Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) gnome-extra/libgtkhtml-2.6.0 to / >>> Previously fetched file: libgtkhtml-2.6.0.tar.bz2 MD5 ;-) >>> md5 src_uri ;-) libgtkhtml-2.6.0.tar.bz2 root@dhampir libgtkhtml # emerge libgtkhtml-3.0.9.ebuild --fetchonly Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) gnome-extra/libgtkhtml-3.0.9 to / >>> Previously fetched file: gtkhtml-3.0.9.tar.bz2 MD5 ;-) >>> md5 src_uri ;-) gtkhtml-3.0.9.tar.bz2 Performing an emerge -u world or an emerge gnome using unstable packages can lead to an incomplete gnome desktop due to that problem. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Update your portage to the latest, and add ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 to make.conf 2. Perform an emerge -u world Actual Results: the package gtkhtml-3.0.x (used by evolution for example) will be emerged, but not libgtkhtml-2.6.0 since both packages share the same portage group. Expected Results: Both packages should emerge without problems.
A new portage group called gtkhtml2 can be created to hold gtkhtml2 (and 3) packages and keep the libgtkhtml just for libgtkhtml.tar.bz2 packages
I really don't understand what you mean. As long as the dependencies are correct enough, it should always pick the right libgtkhtml for the job. I've never seen any problems with this. What you fail to mention is what package picks the wrong libgtkhtml, i'm quite sure it isn't one of the gnome packages.
The problem here, is gtkhtml and libgtkhtml are two different things: libgtkhtml (currently at version 2.6.0) ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libgtkhtml/2.6/ gtkhtml (currently at version 3.0.10) ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gtkhtml/3.0/ There is a gnome-extra/gtkhtml and a gnome-extra/libgtkhtml. Why not move gnome-extra/libgtkhtml/libgtkhtml-3* to gnome-extra/gtkhtml/gtkhtml-3* where they should be, and remove the cruft at the top of the ebuild to mangle the package name that never should have been there in the first place?
Thats what I mean in the output I provide.
It's all the same codebase, they are just different branches. Anyway, this still doesn't explain why it would fetch the wrong version and i haven't seen any evidence that this happens. So I'm inclined to close this INVALID unless some evidence turns up real soon.
closing INVALID, i have seen no evidence that there is really a bug here.
