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On 24/07/11 18:09, Stratos Psomadakis wrote: |
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> On 07/24/2011 06:20 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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>> Currently version 3.0 is only available with vanilla-sources and |
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>> gentoo-sources. Therefore the problem is that virtual/linux-sources-3 |
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>> would pull in one of these even for users of other *-sources (e.g. |
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>> hardened). |
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>> |
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>> On the other hand, allowing versions 3.* as dependency of |
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>> virtual/linux-sources-2.6 might be confusing. |
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>> Therefore, my suggestion would be as follows: |
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>> 1. Temporarily change the dependency in virtual/linux-sources-2.6 |
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>> to >=2.6 in order to resolve the current issues with dependencies. |
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>> 2. Later, when most of *-sources are available in version 3.*, revert |
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>> linux-sources-2.6 to the current dependency and create |
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>> virtual/linux-sources-3. (I think the version should be just 3 and |
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>> not 3.0, unless you want a virtual for 3.0, 3.1, etc.) |
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>> |
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>> Or, a completely different approach: Drop the versioning of the |
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>> virtual altogether and have only virtual/linux-sources-0. (This might |
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>> cause some minor problems for users of 2.4 profiles, but I'd guess |
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>> that the remaining users are experienced enough to handle that.) |
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> Having separate versions for 2.6 and 3.0 doesn't make much sense. The |
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> are no 'incompatibilities' or major changes between 2.6 and 3 to justify |
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> a separate version/ebuild (unlike the 2.4 -> 2.6 transition). The only |
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> change is the version digits. |
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> |
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> I'd prefer the second solution. Could you be more specific about the |
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> problems that users of 2.4 profiles could encounter by that change? |
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Take a look at this: |
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.../portage/profiles$ grep -Hr virtual/linux-sources * | grep -v ChangeLog |
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selinux/packages:>=virtual/linux-sources-2.6 |
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uclibc/sh/2.4/packages:<virtual/linux-sources-2.5 |
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uclibc/arm/2.4/packages:<virtual/linux-sources-2.5 |
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uclibc/arm/armeb/2.4/packages:<virtual/linux-sources-2.5 |
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uclibc/ppc/2.4/packages:<virtual/linux-sources-2.5 |
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uclibc/ppc/hardened/2.4/packages:<virtual/linux-sources-2.5 |
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uclibc/x86/2005.1/2.4/packages:<virtual/linux-sources-2.5 |
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uclibc/x86/2.4/packages:<virtual/linux-sources-2.5 |
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uclibc/x86/hardened/2.4/packages:<virtual/linux-sources-2.5 |
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use.local.desc:virtual/linux-sources:xrc - Add support for infiniband xrc |
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Note the dependency that forces users of some profiles to have linux-sources-2.4 |
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installed. If we go with unversioned (or to be precise: version 0) virtual those |
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would match any kernel, not only 2.4.x. |
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