On 27 November 2017 at 20:44, Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 11/27/2017 03:37 PM, Arve Barsnes wrote: > > > > Sounds kind of weird? If he has keyworded the game package, shouldn't it > > just never install that version if it depends on an unstable package? > > That's right, but if there are two available ~arch versions, one of > which has all stable dependencies and (the newer) one of which has all > ~arch dependencies, then portage will try to install the newer one and > tell you to keyword a million things -- even though it could install the > first one with less hassle. > > Ah, hadn't thought of that scenario. Reading the emerge man pages, I would try the --autounmask-keep-masks option, but emerge might never consider anything but the latest stable version either way.
