On 05/09/2015 10:08 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > On Sat, 2015-05-09 at 09:36 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: >> On 05/09/2015 06:47 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: >>> On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 11:32 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: >>>> On 05/07/2015 11:43 PM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 2015-05-07 at 14:09 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: >>>>>> On 05/07/2015 03:51 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: >>>>>>> On Wed, 2015-05-06 at 22:45 +0000, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: >>>>>>>> On Wed, 2015-05-06 at 15:16 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 05/06/15 14:57, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 2015-05-06 at 14:36 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On 05/06/15 14:30, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 2015-05-06 at 13:30 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 05/06/15 13:22, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 2015-05-06 at 12:54 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> The idea is that you have separate repositories configured for >>>>>>>>>>>>> each >>>>>>>>>>>>> ROOT. If it's satisfying a build-time DEPEND that will be >>>>>>>>>>>>> installed into >>>>>>>>>>>>> ROOT=/, then it's supposed to use the repositories configured for >>>>>>>>>>>>> ROOT=/. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I see, but in my case I only install into my sysroot so I don't >>>>>>>>>>>> want this behaviour. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> So, why don't you use the --root-deps option? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Just did(and --root-deps=rdeps too) and it didn't work, still wants >>>>>>>>>> to use >>>>>>>>>> my newer hosts pkgs. :( >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It shouldn't do that. It sounds like maybe the [gentoo] config >>>>>>>>> from/usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf is the source of your >>>>>>>>> problems, >>>>>>>>> since you $PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT config will always inherit that. Would >>>>>>>>> that be consistent with your observations? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Moving that file out of the way changed things, now I got I profile >>>>>>>> error: >>>>>>>> !!! Unable to parse profile: '/etc/portage/make.profile' >>>>>>>> !!! ParseError: Parent 'gentoo:default/linux/amd64/13.0' not found: >>>>>>>> '/var/lib/layman/transmode/profiles/gentoo64-server/parent' >>>>>>>> !!! Your current profile is invalid. If you have just changed your >>>>>>>> profile >>>>>>>> !!! configuration, you should revert back to the previous >>>>>>>> configuration. >>>>>>>> !!! Allowed actions are limited to --help, --info, --search, --sync, >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> !!! --version. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Which I think is a problem in my cross env. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> No, this is not it. Portage just bails when reading the host profile >>>>>>> which it should not. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Note: defining >>>>>>> PORTAGE_REPOSITORIES=/my/own/repos.conf >>>>>>> gives the same error. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> According to the error message, your transmode profile inherits a gentoo >>>>>> profile, so you need the gentoo repository (at least the relevant >>>>>> profile). >>>>> >>>>> I have a my own profile in PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT which does not >>>>> reference the host /etc/portage/make.profile at all so I think >>>>> portage is using the wrong profile. >>>> >>>> When using ROOT=/foo, it always instantiates 2 profiles, and it uses one >>>> profile for ROOT=/foo and the other profile for ROOT=/. >>> >>> This makes sense when just using ROOT, not when cross compiling. >>> If I cross build (or use PORTAGE_REPOSITORIES ?) I don't think it makes >>> sense to add the hosts profile as it has little to nothing to >>> do with my cross target. >>> How would a cross target use the hosts profile sensibly? >> >> The host profile is only used for packages installed to ROOT=/ in order >> to satisfy DEPEND. If you use the emerge --root-deps then the host >> profile is used for absolutely nothing (although it is still instantiated). > > I see, it would be nice if it wasn't instantiated when not needed so > one could avoid the error I have seen. > >> >>>> >>>>> Futhermore, it does not understand the host profile, probably >>>>> because my own PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT don't have profile-formats = portage-2 >>>> >>>> You're saying this beciase of the above ParseError? I think maybe what >>>> you want to do keep the default /usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf and >>>> mask */*::gentoo in $PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT/etc/portage/package.mask. >>> >>> That is what I am doing now, but that still includes the hosts profile I >>> think ? >> >> It will only be used for packages installed to ROOT=/ in order to >> satisfy DEPEND, as I have mentioned above. > > OK, you always read the host profile in case you need it. > May I suggest you avoid touching the host profile when it not used(cross > complies)?
I suppose we could lazily instantiate the config for ROOT=/ at the point where a a DEPEND needs to be satisfied (or HDEPEND for EAPI 5-hdepend). See this bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324179 -- Thanks, Zac