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"Tonko Mulder" <tonko.mulder@...> posted
43ba12950807062352t893e37bte2310abfa8fd900d@..., excerpted
below, on  Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:52:15 +0200:

> I am on ~amd64 as far as I know, although amd64 appears in my emerge
> --info for some reason.

Yes, it makes perfect sense if you think about it a bit.

~arch must include stable also.  The keyword simply sets the minimum 
stability the sysadmin wants to allow.  ~arch simply tells the PM 
(package manager) it's OK to install somewhat "less stable" packages than 
it would if it only took arch.

Consider the scenario of a mature package that doesn't have many 
updates.  It will often have its latest version keyworded stable, with no 
further ~arch version.  If ~arch meant only ~arch, the PM couldn't 
install that package, so the keyword must be interpreted as the minimum 
stability desired -- it's always OK to install packages more stable than 
that.  

The way that's expressed in emerge --info is that both ~arch and arch are 
listed.

As I said, it makes perfect sense once you think about it a bit.  Gentoo 
isn't supposed to be a black box.  There's logic behind the way it works, 
and understanding that logic makes things /much/ less confusing!  =8^)

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