Re: [PATCH v2] Add @unsatisfied-deps package set (bug 248026)

Zac Medico <[email protected]> Sat, 19 Jun 2021 11:03:51 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.gentoo.portage.devel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On 6/18/21 8:29 PM, Zac Medico wrote:
> On 6/18/21 8:13 PM, Zac Medico wrote:
>> On 6/18/21 6:01 PM, Zac Medico wrote:
>>> If emerge --depclean fails to resolve any dependencies, then it will
>>> now suggest emerge @unsatisfied-deps as the simplest possible
>>> solution, and will also suggest to unmerge @unavailable where
>>> appropriate at the end:
>>>
>>> $ emerge --depclean
>>>
>>> Calculating dependencies... done!
>>>  * Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to
>>>  * the following required packages not being installed:
>>>  *
>>>  *   virtual/cdrtools pulled in by:
>>>  *     app-cdr/cdrdao-1.2.4
>>>  *
>>>  * Have you forgotten to resolve unsatisfied dependencies prior to
>>>  * depclean? The simplest possible command for this purpose is as
>>>  * follows:
>>>  *
>>>  *   emerge @unsatisfied-deps
>>
>> It turns out that @unsatisfied-deps is often unsuitable here because it
>> pulls in a bunch of @installed packages, when you really want to use
>> @world as the source of truth.
> 
> The underlying reason is the same as the reason that we've never used
> @installed updates as a substitute for @world updates. It just doesn't
> work, because @installed is polluted in comparison to @world.
> 

My plan is it introduce an @unsatisfied-world set which is equivalent to
@unsatisfied-deps but filters out any non @world packages.
-- 
Thanks,
Zac

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