[gentoo-user] strange problem with fam USE-flag
Hi,
Recently (last two days) when running:emerge -DNu world -ptv receive
the following:
...
#emerge -DNu world -ptv
These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order:
Calculating world dependencies ...done!
[ebuild R ] mail-filter/maildrop-2.0.1 +berkdb -debug +fam* -gdbm
-ldap -mysql -postgres 0 kB
[ebuild R ] net-mail/courier-imap-4.0.1 +berkdb -debug +fam* -gdbm
+ipv6 +nls (-selinux) 0 kB
Total size of downloads: 0 kB
...
In first look nothing strange, only i don't have/use fam (use 'gamin'
instead).
More info,no fam in /etc/make.conf: grep fam /etc/make.conf nothing.
So must be some issue with virtuals.
In maildrop-2.0.1.ebuild there is the following:
...
DEPEND=!mail-mta/courier
dev-libs/libpcre
gdbm? ( =sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.0 )
mysql?( net-libs/courier-authlib )
postgres? ( net-libs/courier-authlib )
ldap? ( net-libs/courier-authlib )
fam? ( virtual/fam )
!fam? ( ~sys-devel/autoconf-2.59 )
!gdbm? (
berkdb? (
=sys-libs/db-3
~sys-devel/autoconf-2.59
)
)
=sys-devel/automake-1.9.3
...
Same for courier-imap:
...
RDEPEND=virtual/libc
=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.6
berkdb? ( sys-libs/db )
gdbm? ( =sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.0 )
fam? ( virtual/fam )
selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-courier-imap )
DEPEND=${RDEPEND}
=sys-apps/sed-4
dev-lang/perl
sys-process/procps
=net-libs/courier-authlib-0.50
!mail-mta/courier
PROVIDE=virtual/imapd
...
Yes there's a virtual/fam in both.
Now looking in: gamin-0.1.7.ebuild
...RDEPEND=virtual/libc
=dev-libs/glib-2
!app-admin/fam
DEPEND=${RDEPEND}
dev-util/pkgconfig
PROVIDE=virtual/fam
...
Now don't need to post this as a question, thing are clear. Gamin also
provides virtual/fam although it's gamin not fam.
Just a confusion with fam USE-flag.
Post this for info only. Thanks.
Rumen
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Re: [gentoo-user] strange problem with fam USE-flag
Rumen Yotov schreef: Hi, Recently (last two days) when running:emerge -DNu world -ptv receive the following: ... #emerge -DNu world -ptv These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] mail-filter/maildrop-2.0.1 +berkdb -debug +fam* -gdbm -ldap -mysql -postgres 0 kB [ebuild R ] net-mail/courier-imap-4.0.1 +berkdb -debug +fam* -gdbm +ipv6 +nls (-selinux) 0 kB Total size of downloads: 0 kB ... In first look nothing strange, only i don't have/use fam (use 'gamin' instead). More info,no fam in /etc/make.conf: grep fam /etc/make.conf nothing. So must be some issue with virtuals. In maildrop-2.0.1.ebuild there is the following: ... Now don't need to post this as a question, thing are clear. Gamin also provides virtual/fam although it's gamin not fam. Just a confusion with fam USE-flag. Post this for info only. Thanks. This happened to me yesterday, except with a twist. For a change, I did an emerge -uaDNtv world instead of without a --newuse like normal, and I got a block, because of emelfm2: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] app-misc/emelfm2-0.1.2 +fam* -gamin +nls -utf8only 0 kB [1] Total size of downloads: 0 kB Portage overlays: [1] /usr/local/portage Now, since I use gamin, fam wanted to install, and was (naturally) blocked by gamin. Fortunately, emelfm2 has a 'gamin' USE flag, so I just disabled fam and enabled gamin to clear the block. Comparing this to your situation, it looks like 'fam' is a new USE flag, enabled by default (since fam is installed by default). I don't really have much of a problem with that-- except I misss the corresponding 'gamin' USE flag for the programs you are upgrading. However, I also assume that these programs may not be able to use gamin, or have not been updated to use a virtual/fam rather than fam itself. Either way, I would be clued that these programs were out of date in some respect, and would start checking their current status on the web page: are they currently maintained? are there plans to enable gamin support? If not, then I would check Bugzilla to see if a bug had been filed to allow for virtual/fam instead of fam directly. If not, I would copy the ebuilds to my overlay and modify them to take a virtual/fam, and install those. If they worked that way, I would submit the modified ebuilds to b.g.o. My 2 eurocents (which we don't even have anymore), Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] strange problem with fam USE-flag
Hi Holly, On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 15:16 +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: Rumen Yotov schreef: Hi, Recently (last two days) when running:emerge -DNu world -ptv receive the following: ... #emerge -DNu world -ptv These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] mail-filter/maildrop-2.0.1 +berkdb -debug +fam* -gdbm -ldap -mysql -postgres 0 kB [ebuild R ] net-mail/courier-imap-4.0.1 +berkdb -debug +fam* -gdbm +ipv6 +nls (-selinux) 0 kB Total size of downloads: 0 kB ... In first look nothing strange, only i don't have/use fam (use 'gamin' instead). More info,no fam in /etc/make.conf: grep fam /etc/make.conf nothing. So must be some issue with virtuals. In maildrop-2.0.1.ebuild there is the following: ... Now don't need to post this as a question, thing are clear. Gamin also provides virtual/fam although it's gamin not fam. Just a confusion with fam USE-flag. Post this for info only. Thanks. It turns out this is confusion only in my head ;-) This happened to me yesterday, except with a twist. For a change, I did an emerge -uaDNtv world instead of without a --newuse like normal, and I got a block, because of emelfm2: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] app-misc/emelfm2-0.1.2 +fam* -gamin +nls -utf8only 0 kB [1] You are using the one in your overlay here. i have this: ... #ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 emerge emelfm2 -pv These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N] app-misc/emelfm2-0.0.9-r1 +nls 456 kB Total size of downloads: 456 kB ... Total size of downloads: 0 kB Portage overlays: [1] /usr/local/portage Now, since I use gamin, fam wanted to install, and was (naturally) blocked by gamin. Fortunately, emelfm2 has a 'gamin' USE flag, so I just disabled fam and enabled gamin to clear the block. Comparing this to your situation, it looks like 'fam' is a new USE flag, enabled by default (since fam is installed by default). I don't really have much of a problem with that-- except I misss the corresponding 'gamin' USE flag for the programs you are upgrading. However, I also assume that these programs may not be able to use gamin, or have not been updated to use a virtual/fam rather than fam itself. Think it's better they use virtual/fam or some sort of virtual/a-name-here. Gamin ebuild already provides virtual/fam. Either way, I would be clued that these programs were out of date in some respect, and would start checking their current status on the web page: are they currently maintained? are there plans to enable gamin support? If not, then I would check Bugzilla to see if a bug had been filed to allow for virtual/fam instead of fam directly. If not, I would copy the ebuilds to my overlay and modify them to take a virtual/fam, and install those. They already DEPEND on virtual/fam. It's just a matter of naming IMO, the name fam (File Alternating Monitor IIRC) merely coincides with fam in virtual/fam, not like virtual/mda which is clearer. If they worked that way, I would submit the modified ebuilds to b.g.o. My 2 eurocents (which we don't even have anymore), Holly Thanks.Rumen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
