Jorge Morais wrote: >>> Looking at /usr/portage/app-editors/emacs/emacs-22.3-r2.ebuild, I see >>> that it depends unconditionally on app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo. >>> You cannot eliminate this dependency by changing USE flags. >>> The most natural solution is to tell Portage to accept the package >>> app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo, even though it is not officially stable. >>> >>> To learn how to do this, read the portage man page and look >>> for package.keywords. >>> >>> For quick, "cake recipe" instructions: >>> >>> 1) If there is a file named package.keywords in /etc/portage, >>> add to it the line >>> app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo >>> >>> 2) If there is a directory named package.keywords in /etc/portage, >>> you can create a file in it (the name of this file is irrelevant), >>> and add to this file the line >>> app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo >>> If there is already some file in /etc/portage/package.keywords, then, >>> at your option, you can either edit this file and add to it the line >>> app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo >>> or you can create a new file with this line. >>> >> Thank you very much for your prompt, clear, and comprehensive response. >> Your suggestion solved the problem. >> Best regards, >> John > You are welcome. I forgot to stress something: > after some version of app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo > at least as recent as 1.0 becomes stable, you may want to > remove the line > app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo > from the file you have edited, so that Portage will go back > to its normal behavior of seeking stable versions of the package. > > Anyway, using a testing (not officially stable) version of a single, > simple package is unlikely to lead to problems. > > I prefer to use stable, tested package versions in my system, > but one small exception for a small and simple package is harmless. > Thank you for this tip. I'll keep my eyes open for a stable app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo version >= 1.0.
-- John P. Burkett Department of Economics University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881-0808 USA phone (401) 874-9195
