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Hi, |
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I am in the process of migrating to sys-kernel/gentoo-sources (from a now |
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extinct sys-kernel/gs-sources), and I was wondering about the situation |
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with these two packages. |
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The docs for module-init-tools mention that these tools are for kernels >= |
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2.5.48. gentoo-sources is 2.4.26-r9 as of today. emerge -Duvp |
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gentoo-sources suggests emerging module-init-tools, since its ebuild |
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inherits from kernel-2.eclass, which in turn contains this: |
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RDEPEND="${DEPEND} |
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!build? ( >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2 |
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dev-lang/perl |
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sys-apps/module-init-tools |
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sys-devel/make )" |
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Should this not be |
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virtual/modutils |
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... instead of |
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sys-apps/module-init-tools |
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(because it _is_ the case with kernel.eclass). My /var/cache/edb/virtuals |
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contains sys-apps/modutils, and "fixing" the quirk above in |
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kernel-2.eclass makes portage stop wanting to emerge module-init-tools. Is |
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this a bug in kernel-2.eclass (and if so, should I file it to |
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bugs.gentoo.org), or am I missing something obvious? |
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For a second more general question -- how are these packages supposed to |
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be handled? Most (relevant for me :)) profiles (x86) have |
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module-init-tools "providing" virtual/modutils, which is a bit annoying |
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since I have gentoo-sources. How do gentoo-sources people deal with |
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modutils? |
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TIA, |
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ivr |
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-- |
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Amy: Psst... look what life was like before genetic engeneering. |
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Leela: Those poor 20th century women... |
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-- Futurama, "Why must I be a Crustacean in love?" |
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