On 21/04/2015 07:28, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> Is it normal for a stable virtual to require an unstable package?


No, that is definitely not how virtuals should work.

It's either a bug in virtual/jdk-1.7 ebuild or more likely, stable
request for icedtead-bin-7 is lagging behind.

I know the java team is badly understaffed, lots of mentions on -dev, so
maybe log a stable request but against icedtea-bin-7

>
> Running 'emerge -auND' generates the following output on my system:
>
> Calculating dependencies  .... ....... done!
> [ebuild  NS   ~] dev-java/icedtea-bin-7.2.5.3 [6.1.13.5] USE="X alsa
> cups nsplugin -cjk -doc -examples (-selinux) -source -webstart"
> [ebuild  NS    ] virtual/jdk-1.7.0 [1.6.0-r2]
> [ebuild  NS    ] virtual/jre-1.7.0 [1.6.0-r1]
> [ebuild     U ~] dev-java/icedtea-web-1.5.1-r1 [1.4.2] USE="icedtea7%*
> -tagsoup%"
>
> The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed:
>  (see "package.accept_keywords" in the portage(5) man page for more details)
> # required by virtual/jdk-1.7.0::gentoo
> # required by virtual/jre-1.7.0::gentoo
> # required by sys-libs/db-4.8.30-r2::gentoo[java]
> # required by dev-libs/redland-1.0.16::gentoo[berkdb]
> # required by app-office/libreoffice-4.4.1.2::gentoo
> # required by @selected
> # required by @world (argument)
> =dev-java/icedtea-bin-7.2.5.3 ~x86
> # required by dev-java/icedtea-bin-7.2.5.3::gentoo[nsplugin]
> # required by virtual/jdk-1.7.0::gentoo
> # required by virtual/jre-1.7.0::gentoo
> # required by sys-libs/db-4.8.30-r2::gentoo[java]
> # required by dev-libs/redland-1.0.16::gentoo[berkdb]
> # required by app-office/libreoffice-4.4.1.2::gentoo
> # required by @selected
> # required by @world (argument)
> =dev-java/icedtea-web-1.5.1-r1 ~x86
>
> /usr/portage/virtual/jre/jre-1.7.0.ebuild:12
>         =virtual/jdk-1.7.0*
> /usr/portage/virtual/jdk/jdk-1.7.0.ebuild:12,13
>         =dev-java/icedtea-bin-7*
>         =dev-java/icedtea-7*
>
> Thanks.
>

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Alan McKinnon
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