Re: [gentoo-user] Why are packages not merged binary

[Alan McKinnon]

On 24/12/2013 12:59, Konstantinos Agouros wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have several machines of the same architecture so I build using distcc
> and --buildpkg and then try to emerge -uk on the other boxes. However
> there are differences in useflags so I understand, that in some cases
> on the 2nd or 3rd box the package has to be rebuilt. What I still don't get
> is: How can I recognize _why_ a package is not merged from the binary.
> emerge -uDkvp --binpkg-respect-use y shows the use flags in colors but
> I don't know how to read this.

If portage will use the binpkg, the line is printed in a pink/purple color.

If it can't use the binpkg, it uses the normal colours (green here).

I always get a report if USE differs, what is your setting of
--binpkg-respect-use? The usual report looks like this:


# USE="vanilla" emerge -pvk bash

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

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R    ] app-shells/bash-4.2_p45  USE="examples net nls plugins
(readline) vanilla* -afs -bashlogger -mem-scramble" 0 kB

Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB

!!! The following binary packages have been ignored due to non matching USE:

    =app-shells/bash-4.2_p45 -vanilla

NOTE: The --binpkg-respect-use=n option will prevent emerge
      from ignoring these binary packages if possible.
      Using --binpkg-respect-use=y will silence this warning.

>
> Also: Are packages with the bindist useflag are automatically exempt from
> being binary merged if -bindist is given?

No.

binpkgs and bindist are two completely different things and not related
in any way




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