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From: Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-dev] dev-libs/libusb -> virtual/libusb, please, check your overlays
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 08:48:06
Message-Id: 4FBCA327.8040909@gentoo.org
1 Whole gentoo-x86 is using the virtuals now. Please check your overlays
2 to avoid dev-libs/libusb from creeping back in to the tree.
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4 http://qa-reports.gentoo.org/output/genrdeps/dindex/dev-libs/libusb
5 http://qa-reports.gentoo.org/output/genrdeps/rindex/dev-libs/libusb
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7 If you have packages in overlays using dev-libs/libusb please fix them
8 now to avoid them creeping into Portage.
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10 There is a repoman bug open but still without a patch:
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12 http://bugs.gentoo.org/417123
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14 This is important now because of the dev-libs/libusb-compat stabilization:
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16 http://bugs.gentoo.org/417135
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18 Otherwise you'd be introducing conflicting dependencies for /stable/ users.
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20 Futhermore some of the virtual/libusb dependencies in tree are missing
21 usage of correct SLOT, and should be fixed, that involves checking the
22 package sources (of course). If you want to help with this, please do.
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24 Thanks,
25 Samuli