Bug 683136 – net-misc/networkmanager-1.14.6 USE=iwd is masked(?)

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Niels Hamaker 2019-04-12 09:31:55 UTC]

Networkmanager 1.14.6 doesn't seem to honour the iwd USE flag and does not install/register iwd as dependency:

$ USE=iwd sudo emerge '=net-misc/networkmanager-1.14.6'         

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R    ] net-misc/networkmanager-1.14.6::gentoo  USE="bluetooth dhclient introspection modemmanager ncurses nss policykit ppp systemd wext wifi -audit -connection-sharing (-consolekit) -dhcpcd (-elogind) -gnutls (-iwd) -json -ofono -ovs -resolvconf (-selinux) -teamd -test -vala" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 0 KiB

While:
$ USE=iwd sudo emerge '=net-misc/networkmanager-1.14.4'

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N    ~] net-wireless/iwd-0.16::gentoo  USE="client monitor -ofono -wired" CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes ssse3" 702 KiB
[ebuild     UD ] net-misc/networkmanager-1.14.4::gentoo [1.14.6::gentoo] USE="bluetooth dhclient introspection iwd* modemmanager ncurses nss policykit ppp systemd wext wifi -audit -connection-sharing (-consolekit) -dhcpcd (-elogind) -gnutls -json -ofono -ovs -resolvconf (-selinux) -teamd -test -vala" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 0 KiB

and:
$ USE=iwd sudo emerge '=net-misc/networkmanager-1.16.0'

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N    ~] net-wireless/iwd-0.16::gentoo  USE="client monitor -ofono -wired" CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes ssse3" 702 KiB
[ebuild     U ~] net-misc/networkmanager-1.16.0::gentoo [1.14.6::gentoo] USE="bluetooth dhclient introspection iwd* modemmanager ncurses nss policykit ppp systemd wext wifi -audit -connection-sharing (-consolekit) -dhcpcd (-elogind) -gnutls -json -ofono -ovs -resolvconf (-selinux) -teamd -test -vala" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 4,682 KiB


I have not set specific use flags that would affect this, I believe:

$ ag '(networkmanager|iwd)' /etc/portage                     
/etc/portage/package.use/gnome-settings-daemon
1:gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon networkmanager

/etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/networkmanager
1:=net-misc/networkmanager-1.14.4 ~amd64

/etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/zzz_via_autounmask
322:# required by net-misc/networkmanager-1.14.4::gentoo[wifi,iwd]
323:# required by networkmanager (argument)
324:=net-wireless/iwd-0.10 ~amd64
408:# required by iwd (argument)
409:=net-wireless/iwd-0.16 ~amd64

/etc/portage/package.use/networkmanager
1:net-misc/networkmanager iwd

/etc/portage/package.use/zzz_via_autounmask
49:>=gnome-base/gnome-control-center-3.20.2-r1 networkmanager
120:# required by net-misc/networkmanager-1.4.4-r1::gentoo[wifi]
121:# required by gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.20.4::gentoo[networkmanager]


I'm confused about the different behaviour between 1.14.4 and 1.14.6, as the ebuilds only differ in keywords, and 1.16.0 doesn't seem to contain relevant changes...

[Comment 1 Mart Raudsepp 2019-04-12 10:14:38 UTC]

There are no differences in 1.14.4 and 1.14.6 whatsoever; but for you 1.14.4 has USE=iwd available, but the USE flag is masked for you for 1.14.6.
I suspect you have something going on about this in your /etc/portage

[Comment 2 Mart Raudsepp 2019-04-12 10:16:07 UTC]

Note that networkmanager USE=iwd is stable masked on all versions, as there is no stable iwd package yet. I suspect you use a stable system (you've failed to include emerge --info, so not sure), have the USE flag locally unmasked, but only for the 1.14.4 version.

[Comment 3 Niels Hamaker 2019-04-12 10:46:50 UTC]

Created attachment 572558 [details]
emerge --info

here's my emerge --info , sorry for not attaching it first. I don't believe I have any specific masks. Once I accept keyword ~amd64 (which itself is stable, so shouldn't be needed, right?) for 1.14.6, iwd will install as a dependency. I guess this is a somewhat unexpected (at least for me) interplay of these use masks in the amd64 profile:

/var/portage/profiles/arch/amd64/package.use.stable.mask
37:# net-wireless/iwd not stable yet
38:net-misc/networkmanager iwd

/var/portage/profiles/arch/amd64/package.use.mask
50:# Unmask iwd support where net-wireless/iwd is keyworded
51:net-misc/connman -iwd
52:net-misc/networkmanager -iwd

[Comment 4 Mart Raudsepp 2019-04-21 12:24:19 UTC]

Yes, if you mix keywords, it's your own job to do enough for this; not only package.accept_keywords iwd, but also any iwd USE flags you need that are stable masked. Once you accept ~arch for networkmanager (be it actually the current stable version or an upgrade to ~arch latest), you also make the USE=iwd visible.