Dave Shanker wrote:
On 9/6/05, *Martin Schlemmer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
arch - in theory stable
~arch - in theory should work, but needs testing
-arch - do not work at all
Just out of curiosity, why are there know broken packages in portage?
What works perfectly on one arch may be horribly broken on another.
Remember, Gentoo runs on far more than just linux/x86.
Wouldn't -arch packages best be handled outside of the official portage
tree such as a developers overlay?
No, see above.
Couldn't the same be said for pmasked
also?
Again, see above.
If we were to remove pmasked and -arch packages from portage and
and handle them via overlays, the portage tree would contain only
working versions of programs and testing versions of the same program
which would be ~arch'd. This should should suffice for most users; but
If they want to run the "broken" programs, they'd download the overlay
and install it again. No need to add lines to both package.unmask and
package.keywors either. Once broken package is fixed, it should be moved
into portage for testing and then finally unarched.
Same song, new verse...
-Steve
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