Re: [gentoo-user] --buildpkg and doing a dry run on a upgrade

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Apparently, though unproven, at 12:57 on Saturday 21 August 2010, Dale did
> opine thusly:
>
>    
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm wanting to install the latest KDE 4.5 which is in the kde overlay.
>> I got everything unmasked, keyworded and ready to go.  Since this is a
>> large upgrade and will take some time to compile, I would like to just
>> build the binaries then come back and install them when the compiling is
>> all done.  The emerge man page says this:
>>
>> --buildpkgonly (-B)
>> Creates binary packages for all ebuilds processed without  actually
>> merging  the  packages.   This comes with the caveat that all build-time
>> dependencies must already be emerged on the system.
>>
>> The part that I have a question on is the dependencies.  Will portage be
>> able to build all the packages when the previous packages are not
>> installed yet?  My thinking says this won't work but looking for a
>> second opinion from a more "seasoned" guru.
>>      
>
> Here's excellent advice:
>
> Do not install KDE-4.5 yet
>
> wait for 4.5.1
>
> First, it's in an overlay, so when 4.5 hits the tree you will unmerge the
> whole lot again and redo it. How many spare cycles you got?
>
> If you have 4.4.5 installed from portage you will likely hit clashes with the
> overlay. There's were never pleasant in the 4.[23] era, I don't see that
> changing.
>
> 4.5.0 has some pretty severe regressions, bad enough for QA to not put it in
> the tree
>
> 4.5.0 does not have the kdepim suite - this might not apply to you. I can just
> imagine the akonadi updates when 4.5.1 hits the tree....
>
> You gotta ask yourself "Is there a COMPELLING need for 4.5.0 other than it's
> brand new and shiny?"
>
>    

I did some googlin last night and ran across some blog.  I think it was 
on KDE's website but anyway.  The blog said about the same thing you 
said.  It appears to be a . . . . mess.  ;-)

Any idea when 4.5.1 will be in the tree even if masked/keyworded?

Dale

:-)  :-)

< Dale is going to remove the overlay now >