* [gentoo-dev] New Portage/Baselayout on CVS/rsync
@ 2001-10-29 23:56 Daniel Robbins
2001-10-30 0:26 ` Joe Bormolini
2001-10-30 3:31 ` Bart Verwilst
0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Robbins @ 2001-10-29 23:56 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-announce, gentoo-dev
Hi All,
Tonight, I started catching up on my near 15-day backlog of Gentoo
Linux-related mailing list postings, and started hitting lots of discussions
about extensions to the dependency system. This motivated me to add the
long-anticipated "*"-style dependency to Portage, and create a new Portage
release, 1.6.12. It is now on CVS. Here are how the new "*" dependencies
work:
Let's say you'd like a package to use the most recent 1.x version of freetype.
You can now specify the following dependency:
=media-libs/freetype-1*
Or, if you want the latest 1.2.x version of gtk+, use:
=x11-libs/gtk+-1.2*
You should only use the new "*" deps with straight version numbers; i.e. no
_alpha, _beta, _pre, -rX, or trailing letters. They only really make sense for
straight x.y.z integer version formats anyways. We will continue to extend the
dependency syntax to keep up with the needs of developers.
I also added a new version of sys-apps/baselayout (1.6.5) to Portage. This new
release contains important fixes to the /etc/init.d/checkroot and
/etc/init.d/netmount scripts, as well as a couple of other minor improvements.
Enjoy!
--
Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>
Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] New Portage/Baselayout on CVS/rsync
2001-10-29 23:56 [gentoo-dev] New Portage/Baselayout on CVS/rsync Daniel Robbins
@ 2001-10-30 0:26 ` Joe Bormolini
2001-10-30 3:15 ` Damaen
2001-10-30 3:31 ` Bart Verwilst
1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Joe Bormolini @ 2001-10-30 0:26 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
I just merged portage 1.6.12 and now I get "!!! Error: circular dependencies" when trying to emerge anything. I can still use ebuild to unpack, compile, etc. but no emerge =(
--lordjoe
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] New Portage/Baselayout on CVS/rsync
2001-10-29 23:56 [gentoo-dev] New Portage/Baselayout on CVS/rsync Daniel Robbins
2001-10-30 0:26 ` Joe Bormolini
@ 2001-10-30 3:31 ` Bart Verwilst
2001-10-30 4:16 ` Dan Armak
1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Bart Verwilst @ 2001-10-30 3:31 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
Hi!
So that solves the QT problem as well?
=x11-libs/qt-x11-2* will install the latest qt 2 and
=x11-libs/qt-x11-3* will install the latest qt 3 right?
Cool.
I'll was going to reinstall my Gentoo System today,
but i'm going to wait untill the bug in portage is fixed :)
Nice feature btw!
Bart Verwilst
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team
Gent, Belgium
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Robbins" <drobbins@gentoo.org>
To: <gentoo-announce@gentoo.org>; <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 7:55 AM
Subject: [gentoo-dev] New Portage/Baselayout on CVS/rsync
> Hi All,
>
> Tonight, I started catching up on my near 15-day backlog of Gentoo
> Linux-related mailing list postings, and started hitting lots of
discussions
> about extensions to the dependency system. This motivated me to add the
> long-anticipated "*"-style dependency to Portage, and create a new Portage
> release, 1.6.12. It is now on CVS. Here are how the new "*" dependencies
> work:
>
> Let's say you'd like a package to use the most recent 1.x version of
freetype.
> You can now specify the following dependency:
>
> =media-libs/freetype-1*
>
> Or, if you want the latest 1.2.x version of gtk+, use:
>
> =x11-libs/gtk+-1.2*
>
> You should only use the new "*" deps with straight version numbers; i.e.
no
> _alpha, _beta, _pre, -rX, or trailing letters. They only really make
sense for
> straight x.y.z integer version formats anyways. We will continue to
extend the
> dependency syntax to keep up with the needs of developers.
>
> I also added a new version of sys-apps/baselayout (1.6.5) to Portage.
This new
> release contains important fixes to the /etc/init.d/checkroot and
> /etc/init.d/netmount scripts, as well as a couple of other minor
improvements.
>
> Enjoy!
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] New Portage/Baselayout on CVS/rsync
2001-10-30 3:31 ` Bart Verwilst
@ 2001-10-30 4:16 ` Dan Armak
2001-10-30 6:40 ` Bart Verwilst
2001-10-30 9:11 ` Daniel Robbins
0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Dan Armak @ 2001-10-30 4:16 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
No, this doesn't solve the QT issue - it'll have to wait for [] deps or
something.
Explanation: if an app needs e.g. >=qt-x11-2.2, you can't specify it with *
deps alone.
--
Dan Armak
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team
Matan, Israel
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] New Portage/Baselayout on CVS/rsync
2001-10-30 4:16 ` Dan Armak
@ 2001-10-30 6:40 ` Bart Verwilst
2001-10-30 9:11 ` Daniel Robbins
1 sibling, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Bart Verwilst @ 2001-10-30 6:40 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
But if an app needs the latest 2.x qt,
then =qt-x11-2* would point to qt-x11-2.3.1, no?
Or is there something i'm missing here? :)
Bart Verwilst
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team
Gent, Belgium
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Armak" <danarmak@gentoo.org>
To: <gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New Portage/Baselayout on CVS/rsync
> No, this doesn't solve the QT issue - it'll have to wait for [] deps or
> something.
>
> Explanation: if an app needs e.g. >=qt-x11-2.2, you can't specify it with
*
> deps alone.
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] New Portage/Baselayout on CVS/rsync
2001-10-30 4:16 ` Dan Armak
2001-10-30 6:40 ` Bart Verwilst
@ 2001-10-30 9:11 ` Daniel Robbins
2001-10-30 12:00 ` Dan Armak
1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Robbins @ 2001-10-30 9:11 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 01:13:07PM +0200, Dan Armak wrote:
> Explanation: if an app needs e.g. >=qt-x11-2.2, you can't specify it with *
> deps alone.
=x11-libs/qt-x11-2.2*
--
Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>
Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] New Portage/Baselayout on CVS/rsync
2001-10-30 9:11 ` Daniel Robbins
@ 2001-10-30 12:00 ` Dan Armak
2001-10-30 15:00 ` Karl Trygve Kalleberg
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Dan Armak @ 2001-10-30 12:00 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
On Tuesday 30 October 2001 18:10, you wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 01:13:07PM +0200, Dan Armak wrote:
> > Explanation: if an app needs e.g. >=qt-x11-2.2, you can't specify it with
> > * deps alone.
>
> =x11-libs/qt-x11-2.2*
But, that wouldn't be satisfied with e.g. 2.3.1. While the app needs 2.2<x<3.
--
Dan Armak
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team
Matan, Israel
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] New Portage/Baselayout on CVS/rsync
2001-10-30 12:00 ` Dan Armak
@ 2001-10-30 15:00 ` Karl Trygve Kalleberg
0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Karl Trygve Kalleberg @ 2001-10-30 15:00 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 20:57:40 +0200
Dan Armak <danarmak@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 October 2001 18:10, you wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 01:13:07PM +0200, Dan Armak wrote:
> > > Explanation: if an app needs e.g. >=qt-x11-2.2, you can't specify it
with
> > > * deps alone.
> >
> > =x11-libs/qt-x11-2.2*
>
> But, that wouldn't be satisfied with e.g. 2.3.1. While the app needs
2.2<x<3.
Those series are what the new [] syntax is supposed to handle. I will
attempt to clarify the details about this with drobbins, then whip up a
sample implementation that people can play with.
However, I will be away from friday this week to wednesday next week,
going on a pre-exam vacation in London. If anybody else here is around
London this weekend, I'm open to a meeting ;)
Kind regards,
Karl T
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