On 21/04/2015 20:54, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 8:42 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com > <mailto:alan.mckin...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On 21/04/2015 07:28, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > > Is it normal for a stable virtual to require an unstable package? > > > No, that is definitely not how virtuals should work. > > It's either a bug in virtual/jdk-1.7 ebuild or more likely, stable > request for icedtead-bin-7 is lagging behind. > > I know the java team is badly understaffed, lots of mentions on -dev, so > maybe log a stable request but against icedtea-bin-7 > > > > > > > Running 'emerge -auND' generates the following output on my system: > > > > Calculating dependencies .... ....... done! > > [ebuild NS ~] dev-java/icedtea-bin-7.2.5.3 [6.1.13.5] USE="X alsa > > cups nsplugin -cjk -doc -examples (-selinux) -source -webstart" > > [ebuild NS ] virtual/jdk-1.7.0 [1.6.0-r2] > > [ebuild NS ] virtual/jre-1.7.0 [1.6.0-r1] > > [ebuild U ~] dev-java/icedtea-web-1.5.1-r1 [1.4.2] USE="icedtea7%* > > -tagsoup%" > > > > The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed: > > (see "package.accept_keywords" in the portage(5) man page for > more details) > > # required by virtual/jdk-1.7.0::gentoo > > # required by virtual/jre-1.7.0::gentoo > > # required by sys-libs/db-4.8.30-r2::gentoo[java] > > # required by dev-libs/redland-1.0.16::gentoo[berkdb] > > # required by app-office/libreoffice-4.4.1.2::gentoo > > # required by @selected > > # required by @world (argument) > > =dev-java/icedtea-bin-7.2.5.3 ~x86 > > # required by dev-java/icedtea-bin-7.2.5.3::gentoo[nsplugin] > > # required by virtual/jdk-1.7.0::gentoo > > # required by virtual/jre-1.7.0::gentoo > > # required by sys-libs/db-4.8.30-r2::gentoo[java] > > # required by dev-libs/redland-1.0.16::gentoo[berkdb] > > # required by app-office/libreoffice-4.4.1.2::gentoo > > # required by @selected > > # required by @world (argument) > > =dev-java/icedtea-web-1.5.1-r1 ~x86 > > > > /usr/portage/virtual/jre/jre-1.7.0.ebuild:12 > > =virtual/jdk-1.7.0* > > /usr/portage/virtual/jdk/jdk-1.7.0.ebuild:12,13 > > =dev-java/icedtea-bin-7* > > =dev-java/icedtea-7* > > > > Thanks. > > > > > -- > Alan McKinnon > alan.mckin...@gmail.com <mailto:alan.mckin...@gmail.com> > > > > Understood. Thanks.
Turns out the virtual is working as designed - see Andreas's post above I recall now a discussion on -dev about this ages ago, and a consensus emerged then to keep things as they currently are (changing it requires much effort and has all manner of effects on the tree). The actual rule is: A virtual can (by definition) be stable as soon as one of its providers is stable. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
