Re: Do stable packages require stable dependencies?

On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Mark Knecht <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a rule or something else in the way Gentoo is set up that
> requires/states/recommends that for a package to be marked as stable
> it is a requirement that all dependencies also be stable?

Yes

>
> If someone has a basically stable system and can take the time could
> you possibly try
>
> emerge -pvDuN rstudio
>
> and see if it's trying to pull in lots of unstable haskell packages to
> build rstudio-0.98.490-r1?

The problem is that it is trying to install the latest ~arch version
of rstudio, which seems like a portage bug to me.

This command works fine:
emerge -pvDuN "=sci-mathematics/rstudio-0.98.490-r1"

There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with rstudio here, only that
portage is trying to install an unstable version of it on a stable
system.  I'd suggest logging a portage bug.

-- 
Rich