Peter Volkov wrote: > В Сбт, 07/11/2009 в 12:49 -0800, Zac Medico пишет: >> Peter Volkov wrote: >>>> We could introduce "noarch" and "~noarch" KEYWORDS, add "noarch" to >>>> the default ACCEPT_KEYWORDS setting for all profiles, and instruct >>>> unstable users to add "~noarch" to ACCEPT_KEYWORDS. >>> Looks like this will not work for all noarch packages. Stardict >>> dictionary itself is noarch, but it RDEPENDS on stardict package which >>> is keyworded only on some archs. So we'll be forced either to keyword >>> stardict on all archs or we need to introduce some new way to work with >>> such situations. >> Keywording stardict on all archs doesn't sound reasonable, so I >> guess we just need to make sure that repoman will allow the noarch >> keyword even though the dependencies aren't keyworded on all >> architectures. > > But how will portage handle such situations? Will it allow installation > of noarch package and pull in *DEPEND only if possible, or will it > prohibit installation of noarch pkgs with unsatisfied deps? The latter > will make life harder for tools like eix, I guess.
It should prohibit installation if there are unsatisfied deps. If you want "optional" dependencies then that will require a syntax extension with an EAPI bump. -- Thanks, Zac
