Re: [gentoo-embedded] ~arm pulls in packages for host system

[Tim Erwin]

> > That is really odd ... did you use crossdev-wrapper (e.g.
> > arm-softfloat-linux-gnueabi-emerge) ?

Yes (but note this is only a issue using ~arm)

> This happens also with crossdev-wrappers. Look at the openrc ebuild,
> it contains DEPEND=RDEPEND. DEPEND is the interpreted by portage as
> "this package is required on HOST as it is required for building that
> stuff".  Basically we would need more dependency types. I'm currently
> thinking about it and will post to the portage-dev list later.

Yes openrc and e2fsprogs are the culprits and removing the line
DEPEND=RDEPEND fixes this. But as pointed out by Sven this is not the
best option.

Regards,

Tim