418991 – sys-apps/portage: please provide ability to call 'ebuild ... unpack' with unsatisfied REQUIRED_USE

Bug 418991 - sys-apps/portage: please provide ability to call 'ebuild ... unpack' with unsatisfied REQUIRED_USE

Summary: sys-apps/portage: please provide ability to call 'ebuild ... unpack' with uns...

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Core - Ebuild Support (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Portage team

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Reported:	2012-06-01 10:59 UTC by Michał Górny
Modified:	2012-06-01 11:14 UTC (History)
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Description Michał Górny archtester

2012-06-01 10:59:38 UTC

$ ebuild bumblebee-3.0-r1.ebuild --force unpack

  The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied:
    || ( video_cards_nouveau video_cards_nvidia )


It would be great if it could just unpack the file with --force. It's unlikely that unsatisfied REQUIRED_USE would actually cause problems with that, esp. considering that 'ebuild' doesn't even check dependencies...

Comment 1 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2012-06-01 11:11:11 UTC

Yeah, a warning message should be sufficient.

Comment 2 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2012-06-01 11:14:36 UTC

Although, we should probably block commands like 'package' and 'merge', to prevent installation with invalid USE state.