Re: [gentoo-amd64] Do stable packages require stable dependencies?

[Mark Knecht]

On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 6:33 AM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
>> Is there a rule or something else in the way Gentoo is set up that
>> requires/states/recommends that for a package to be marked as stable
>> it is a requirement that all dependencies also be stable?
>
> Yes
>

Thanks.

>>
>> If someone has a basically stable system and can take the time could
>> you possibly try
>>
>> emerge -pvDuN rstudio
>>
>> and see if it's trying to pull in lots of unstable haskell packages to
>> build rstudio-0.98.490-r1?
>
> The problem is that it is trying to install the latest ~arch version
> of rstudio, which seems like a portage bug to me.
>
> This command works fine:
> emerge -pvDuN "=sci-mathematics/rstudio-0.98.490-r1"
>
> There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with rstudio here, only that
> portage is trying to install an unstable version of it on a stable
> system.  I'd suggest logging a portage bug.
>
> --
> Rich
>
As Penny on Big Bang Theory says 'Oh crap on a stick'. rstudio was
marked as ~amd64 I forgot to look at my keywords file. I removed the
rstudio ~amd64 entry there and it works fine now:

c2RAID6 ~ # vi /etc/portage/package.keywords/package.keywords_file
c2RAID6 ~ # emerge -pvDuN rstudio

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

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild     U  ] sci-mathematics/rstudio-0.98.490-r1 [0.98.490]
USE="(-dedicated%) (-server%)" 0 KiB

Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 0 KiB
c2RAID6 ~ #

Stupid me but that's better as there's no portage bug, just a buggy user.

Thanks Rich!

Cheers,
Mark