Re: ~amd64 keyword on a single package

Michael <[email protected]> Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:42:23 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.gentoo.user
Message-ID	<2409480.ElGaqSPkdT@rogueboard>

On Sunday, 5 April 2026 15:06:36 British Summer Time Peter Humphrey 
wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> This is the wifi interface on this new system, as shown by lspci:
> 
> 04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6E(802.11ax)
> AX210/AX1675* 2x2 [Typhoon Peak] (rev 1a)
> 
> The current stable kernel seems to have no support for this device, so
> I'd like to know whether a later version will include it. Therefore,
> after reading the wiki[1], I set package.env like this:
> 
> # cat /etc/portage/env/testing
> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources  ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="${ACCEPT_KEYWORDS}
> ~amd64"    [2]

There should be no individual package name defined in the above, only 
the environment variable.


> # cat /etc/portage/package.env
> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources testing
> 
> Emerging the kernel sources then produces this error:
> !!! Problem in 'sys-kernel/gentoo-sources' dependencies.
> !!! "/etc/portage/env/testing", line 1: Invalid token
> 'ACCEPT_KEYWORDS' (not '=') portage.exception

As it states, the error is generated by the inclusion of 'sys-kernel/
gentoo-sources' in /etc/portage/env/testing.

> What have I misunderstood? And is there a better way?
> 
> 1.  https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/package.env
> 2.  I also tried it without the ${ACCEPT_KEYWORDS} part, with the same
> result.

I don't know if ACCEPT_KEYWORDS is an environment variable for portage.  
I tried the way you did and it was not recognised.

The suggested way to set the testing branch of portage for a specific 
package is via /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/<package_file>, see 
here:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Portage/
Branches#Mixing_stable_with_testing

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