From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Sii2N-0002hC-Qi for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:19:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7AF75E0C1A; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:18:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68210E0BE5 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:17:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pomiocik.lan (77-255-3-88.adsl.inetia.pl [77.255.3.88]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mgorny) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CB27E1B401E; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:17:53 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 10:19:19 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?TWljaGHFgiBHw7Nybnk=?= To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: PROPERTIES=funky-slots Message-ID: <20120624101919.591025f7@pomiocik.lan> In-Reply-To: <20120623213711.25c85999@googlemail.com> References: <20120623142143.631d7ebf@googlemail.com> <20120623151001.705417fb@googlemail.com> <20120623175101.3061e6a4@pomiocik.lan> <20120623170843.6dbe6a75@googlemail.com> <1340483774.2635.12.camel@cyclops.marienz.net> <20120623213711.25c85999@googlemail.com> Organization: Gentoo X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA256; boundary="Sig_/9A7mdG2KlG8p6edBuxT+FbR"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 0db8c34a-a3b4-4885-b96c-2f83bfb0270e X-Archives-Hash: 56639cf7b00abfd3997af417c7b7f996 --Sig_/9A7mdG2KlG8p6edBuxT+FbR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:37:11 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:36:14 +0200 > Marien Zwart wrote: > > On za, 2012-06-23 at 17:08 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > > Is it that Paludis installs a newer SLOT even if a reverse > > > dependency > > > > explicitly requests another SLOT? Sounds like a bug to me.=20 > > >=20 > > > No, it's that if a user requests a "complete" resolution, Paludis > > > installs the newest version of things that it can. Extensive > > > consultation with users has shown that this is a good behaviour, > > > except > > > in the small number of situations that have recently arisen where > > > people are doing weird things with versions and slots.=20 > >=20 > > It surprises me that this behavior is normally desirable for > > packages where all dependencies (including any in the world set or > > the like) are slotted. >=20 > Think || ( a:3 a:2 ). So now that you've stated the problem, maybe it's a good time to find a proper solution for it. --=20 Best regards, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny --Sig_/9A7mdG2KlG8p6edBuxT+FbR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iJwEAQEIAAYFAk/mzY0ACgkQfXuS5UK5QB2syAP/Q0/QD6sE6tisX/yudklj4Icy 5wOzKn6gE/QatbZS03lsxJyCN5Ap2WSMVnaytLcypYsSHDzOSaC2jGBCuICpJevf z9xMNLl3IjpZCXO2WVLbApSCNUsGYBDPopQfQd1+So4Ms/FzNrVwmv/jyE2j4UuF 5eWdPnI4A8sI/0gs19E= =uP/V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/9A7mdG2KlG8p6edBuxT+FbR--