Re: [gentoo-user] QT4 Development

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
> 
> <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote:
> >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
> >>
> >> <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> > On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote:
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> > just install the qt4 set. Meta packages are being phased out.
> >>
> >> Not sure if I understand what you mean. I thought sets only exist for
> >> world and system?
> >>
> >> > Or unmask the meta package. /etc/portage/package.unmask.
> >>
> >> That's what I want to avoid since apparently this meta package gets
> >> removed in the future.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >>  Marco
> >
> > so what? it really does not matter if it is there or not. And no - with
> > 2.2* portage there are many more sets than just world and system. You can
> > even easily create your own.
> 
> Well, I try to avoid installing such packages to not have migration
> issues later.

you won't. The meta package is just a wrapper around splits. If it goes away - 
so what? the splits still remain and are still updated. Only depclean might 
screw you - in that case just install them via set.

> 
> And, yes, portage 2.2* apparently supports many more sets, but portage
> 2.2* is still masked and I don't know if there is a potental risk to
> use it already.
> 

and as long as portage 2.2 is masked, metas will stay around ;)