Bug 255325

Summary:	sys-apps/hal-0.5.11-r6 depends on specific version of app-misc/hal-info
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	labor_ratte <flaschenkopp>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Saleem Abdulrasool (RETIRED) <compnerd>
Status:	VERIFIED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	gentopia, steev
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241912
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description labor_ratte 2009-01-17 23:23:39 UTC

The current ebuild for sys-apps/hal-0.5.11-r6 depends on specific versions for app-misc/hal-info.
Namely the depend is: 
PDEPEND="|| ( =app-misc/hal-info-20080310 =app-misc/hal-info-20080508 )

Related to bug #241912, this is unwanted behaviour. Like some others may have done, I also did bump the hal-info package in my own overlay to the latest version. As a result, emerge always wants to downgrade this package.
Also the version app-misc/hal-info-20080310 is no longer in the tree.
If we want to close bug #241912, we would have to change the dependencies in sys-apps/hal too.
I hereby request that
>>PDEPEND="|| ( =app-misc/hal-info-20080310 =app-misc/hal-info-20080508 )<<
is getting changed to something more comfortable like:
>>PDEPEND=">=app-misc/hal-info-20080508<< .
Thank you for your attention.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. bump the very essential parts in your gentoo tree for your own 
2. issue emerge -uvaND @world or similar
3. see your valuable work being wanted to revert