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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] stable java virtuals require unstable java packages
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 05:42:23
Message-Id: 5535E331.1040508@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] stable java virtuals require unstable java packages by Alexander Kapshuk
1 On 21/04/2015 07:28, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
2 > Is it normal for a stable virtual to require an unstable package?
3
4
5 No, that is definitely not how virtuals should work.
6
7 It's either a bug in virtual/jdk-1.7 ebuild or more likely, stable
8 request for icedtead-bin-7 is lagging behind.
9
10 I know the java team is badly understaffed, lots of mentions on -dev, so
11 maybe log a stable request but against icedtea-bin-7
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15 >
16 > Running 'emerge -auND' generates the following output on my system:
17 >
18 > Calculating dependencies .... ....... done!
19 > [ebuild NS ~] dev-java/icedtea-bin-7.2.5.3 [6.1.13.5] USE="X alsa
20 > cups nsplugin -cjk -doc -examples (-selinux) -source -webstart"
21 > [ebuild NS ] virtual/jdk-1.7.0 [1.6.0-r2]
22 > [ebuild NS ] virtual/jre-1.7.0 [1.6.0-r1]
23 > [ebuild U ~] dev-java/icedtea-web-1.5.1-r1 [1.4.2] USE="icedtea7%*
24 > -tagsoup%"
25 >
26 > The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed:
27 > (see "package.accept_keywords" in the portage(5) man page for more details)
28 > # required by virtual/jdk-1.7.0::gentoo
29 > # required by virtual/jre-1.7.0::gentoo
30 > # required by sys-libs/db-4.8.30-r2::gentoo[java]
31 > # required by dev-libs/redland-1.0.16::gentoo[berkdb]
32 > # required by app-office/libreoffice-4.4.1.2::gentoo
33 > # required by @selected
34 > # required by @world (argument)
35 > =dev-java/icedtea-bin-7.2.5.3 ~x86
36 > # required by dev-java/icedtea-bin-7.2.5.3::gentoo[nsplugin]
37 > # required by virtual/jdk-1.7.0::gentoo
38 > # required by virtual/jre-1.7.0::gentoo
39 > # required by sys-libs/db-4.8.30-r2::gentoo[java]
40 > # required by dev-libs/redland-1.0.16::gentoo[berkdb]
41 > # required by app-office/libreoffice-4.4.1.2::gentoo
42 > # required by @selected
43 > # required by @world (argument)
44 > =dev-java/icedtea-web-1.5.1-r1 ~x86
45 >
46 > /usr/portage/virtual/jre/jre-1.7.0.ebuild:12
47 > =virtual/jdk-1.7.0*
48 > /usr/portage/virtual/jdk/jdk-1.7.0.ebuild:12,13
49 > =dev-java/icedtea-bin-7*
50 > =dev-java/icedtea-7*
51 >
52 > Thanks.
53 >
54
55
56 --
57 Alan McKinnon
58 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] stable java virtuals require unstable java packages "Florian Gamböck" <ml@×××××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] stable java virtuals require unstable java packages Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>