On 6/16/20 7:47 PM, Michael Lienhardt wrote: > > > On 6/16/20 11:59 PM, Zac Medico wrote: >> On 6/16/20 6:38 PM, Michael Lienhardt wrote: >>> With the first version of DEPEND, emerge succeed: >>> # emerge -pv app-misc/dummy-master >>> >>> These are the packages that would be merged, in order: >>> >>> Calculating dependencies... done! >>> [ebuild N ] app-misc/dummy-slave-2::gentoo USE="-static-libs" 0 KiB >>> [ebuild N ] app-misc/dummy-master-1::gentoo USE="-static-libs" 0 KiB >> >> This success is expected, yes? Do you suggest to change the behavior >> somehow? > > The way I interpret the PMS, this success is not expected: > the atom ">=app-misc/dummy-slave-1" matches the cpv "app-misc/dummy-slave-1" > which does not contains the use flag 'static-libs', > and thus I expected a 'missing use flag' error.
For this calculation, it would be a waste of time to read the IUSE metadata for app-misc/dummy-slave-1, since app-misc/dummy-slave-2 is the highest available version. I hope that PMS does not specify that package managers must read IUSE metadata for irrelevant package versions! > I'm not suggesting to change the behavior of emerge, I'm saying that: > - the way I read the PMS, I expect behavior A, but in practice, I see > behavior B. > - what does the portage devs / PMS gurus think about that? > - is my understanding of the PMS wrong, and it actually says "behavior B > is expected"? > - if yes, where did I fail in my understanding? > - if no, should emerge or the PMS be updated so they both describe the > same behavior? > - I will implement your ruling in my tool, which I try to match as closely > as possible to the PMS In this context I think the spirit of what PMS says is that the package manager should emit some kind of warning message if it finds missing IUSE. Now, in the example above, if the package manager has no reason to examine the IUSE metadata of app-misc/dummy-slave-1 because app-misc/dummy-slave-2 is the highest available version, then there's no opportunity for it to emit a warning message. -- Thanks, Zac
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