On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 02:17:17PM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > > RDEPEND="virtual/init > kernel_FreeBSD? ( || ( >=sys-freebsd/freebsd-ubin-9.0_rc > sys-process/fuser-bsd ) ) > elibc_glibc? ( >=sys-libs/glibc-2.5 ) > ncurses? ( sys-libs/ncurses ) > pam? ( sys-auth/pambase ) > >=sys-apps/baselayout-2.1-r1 > kernel_linux? ( > sys-process/psmisc > ) > !<sys-fs/udev-133" > > So, *maybe* the last line means it needs a udev not less than 133 - but > I don't know enough about how ebuilds to work to risk an unbootable > system if it doesn't mean what I think it means. > > Sorry, I'm not a programmer and don't know what to look for (or even > where to look until you pointed me to the file), so how about just a > simple answer?
You are correct in that it requires !<sys-fs/udev-133, where ! means "not" and < means "less than", so "not less than sys-fs/udev-133". The lowest version in portage atm is 141-r1, so unless you had an extremely old udev and masked it, you won't have trouble there. If you continue to read the ebuild, using less as someone suggested, use the slash (/) which searches, such as /openrc and /udev to read what the ebuild will do. That ebuild is an awk script which is going to execute the commands as you see them. This section, for instance: # >=OpenRC-0.11.3 requires udev-mount to be in the sysinit runlevel with udev. migrate_udev_mount_script() { if [ -e "${EROOT}"etc/runlevels/sysinit/udev -a \ ! -e "${EROOT}"etc/runlevels/sysinit/udev-mount ]; then add_boot_init udev-mount sysinit fi return 0 } Since sys-apps/openrc-0.11.5 is still ~arch (where arch is architecture, such as x86, amd64; and ~ means unstable), you might find bugs. It has been submittied for stable request https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435756 but not yet approved as stable. Do you mind asking why you want to use unstable openrc? Is there some feature you need? -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ supp...@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting