Bug 117537

Summary:	GNUstep and libsafe lost their stable x86 ebuilds
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Mark <musicman529>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	VERIFIED INVALID
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Mark 2006-01-02 22:01:23 UTC

(begin complaint)

I use both GNUstep and libsafe on my desktop and laptop, and libsafe on my server. All 3 systems now issue complaints when I run "emerge -Du world" because the stable x86 ebuilds were deleted.

These aren't the only packages to have this happen recently. Paolo Pedroni <paolo.pedroni@iol.it> filed bug 117518 when the alsa-utils lost its stable x86 ebuild.

I marked this as "all platforms, all OS's" because it's a human error, not a coding error, and could happen to any ebuild on any platform.

If it were within my power, I would make it impossible to remove the last stable ebuild for a package. New packages which have never had a stable ebuild would be exempt. Once a package has a stable ebuild, it should *always* have a stable ebuild, until it is totally deleted from Portage.

I'm not sure what a proper preventative measure would be (a GLEP?), or if this is the proper place to complain about this. If I should say this in a different forum, just say so, and I'll take it there. I just had to say something.

(end complaint)

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-01-03 02:21:40 UTC

Well, I'm sorry but sys-libs/libsafe has never been stable anywhere, and gnustep-gui has 0.9.5 stable.

Comment 2 Mark 2006-01-03 14:17:55 UTC

Yes, you are right. It appears that I have somehow installed some ~x86 packages unwittingly. I never had libsafe or any GNUstep packages (except gorm) marked as ~x86, so I don't know how they got installed.

Complaint withdrawn. Sorry for wasting your time.

Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-01-03 14:47:21 UTC

Thanks, closing.