From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 865E41381F3 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 21:53:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2C0F2E0A0B; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 21:53:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C3AA0E0A0B for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 21:53:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hornbill.gentoo.org (hornbill.gentoo.org [94.100.119.163]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BEC5833E256 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 21:53:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hornbill.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59939E468F for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 21:53:05 +0000 (UTC) From: "Julian Ospald" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Julian Ospald" Message-ID: <1375134731.b4cff9c0030cd3bb41b3248472cd2a134159e0dd.hasufell@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: general-concepts/dependencies/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/devmanual X-VCS-Files: general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml X-VCS-Directories: general-concepts/dependencies/ X-VCS-Committer: hasufell X-VCS-Committer-Name: Julian Ospald X-VCS-Revision: b4cff9c0030cd3bb41b3248472cd2a134159e0dd X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 21:53:05 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 3d7e6178-d97c-4196-8ed6-e0831f1ec272 X-Archives-Hash: aad43b9985f40b065fd92f670d05d208 commit: b4cff9c0030cd3bb41b3248472cd2a134159e0dd Author: hasufell posteo de> AuthorDate: Mon Jul 29 21:52:11 2013 +0000 Commit: Julian Ospald googlemail com> CommitDate: Mon Jul 29 21:52:11 2013 +0000 URL: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/devmanual.git;a=commit;h=b4cff9c0 add info about hardblockers wrt #407597 --- general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml index ce25fa7..587a0d7 100644 --- a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ asterisk. Also note that when selecting all versions in a specific

Sometimes two packages cannot be installed in parallel. This is handled by -blockers. A blocker is specified as follows: +blockers. A softblocker is specified as follows:

@@ -216,7 +216,19 @@ RDEPEND="!app-misc/foo"

-Note that blockers are usually runtime rather than buildtime. +Portage will try to resolve this conflict automatically if possible. +Sometimes we need to use a hardblocker to ensure correct emerge order. +Those cannot be resolved by Portage and must be taken care of by the user. +A hardblocker is specified as follows: +

+ + +RDEPEND="!!app-misc/foo" + + +

+Hardblockers always take precedence over softblockers and need at least EAPI="2". +Also note that blockers are usually runtime rather than buildtime.