On Tuesday 05 July 2011 00:18:48 Roman Zilka did opine thusly: > > I think this is the root cause of your questions. You say > > "portage has no way to know the difference" - who says that is > > true? Did you assume it? > > It sure is possible. I assumed what I did because the ebuild of a > virtual and a normal package reveal no differences relevant to this, > as it seems to me with my level of knowledge. Also, asking for a > virtual as a runtime dep is done in the same way as asking for any > other package. Furthermore, the manpage for emerge says nothing > about the virtuals being different w.r.t. --update or any other > option.
Let's face it, it's quite a reasonable assumption. If you still want (need?) a proper answer, post a bug at b.g.o. with clear examples and wait for Zac to answer up. I'm tending toward what you see is the intended behaviour, but poorly documented at this point. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
