From af58d636ac13513682e04ed8880dca42bff24520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:35:48 +0000
Subject: Add a --backtrack=COUNT option to control how many times backtracking
 is allowed, and reduce the default from 30 to 5. (trunk r14763)

svn path=/main/branches/2.1.7/; revision=14766
---
 pym/_emerge/depgraph.py |  2 +-
 pym/_emerge/help.py     |  7 +++++++
 pym/_emerge/main.py     | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'pym/_emerge')

diff --git a/pym/_emerge/depgraph.py b/pym/_emerge/depgraph.py
index 6d9a30daf..2b2c0c62f 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/depgraph.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/depgraph.py
@@ -5329,7 +5329,7 @@ def backtrack_depgraph(settings, trees, myopts, myparams,
 def _backtrack_depgraph(settings, trees, myopts, myparams, 
 	myaction, myfiles, spinner):
 
-	backtrack_max = 30
+	backtrack_max = myopts.get('backtrack', 5)
 	runtime_pkg_mask = None
 	allow_backtracking = True
 	backtracked = 0
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/help.py b/pym/_emerge/help.py
index 54caa22c4..aae3bab22 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/help.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/help.py
@@ -276,6 +276,13 @@ def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
 		for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
 			print(desc_indent + line)
 		print()
+		print("       " + green("--backtrack") + " " + turquoise("COUNT"))
+		desc = "Specifies an integer number of times to backtrack if " + \
+			"dependency calculation fails due to a conflict or an " + \
+			"unsatisfied dependency (default: '5')."
+		for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
 		print("        " + green("--binpkg-respect-use") + \
 			" < " + turquoise("y") + " | " + turquoise("n") + " >")
 		desc = "Tells emerge to ignore binary packages if their use flags" + \
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/main.py b/pym/_emerge/main.py
index 37875cbd2..0ed2604a7 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/main.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/main.py
@@ -432,6 +432,15 @@ def parse_opts(tmpcmdline, silent=False):
 			"help":"temporarily override ACCEPT_PROPERTIES",
 			"action":"store"
 		},
+
+		"--backtrack": {
+
+			"help"   : "Specifies how many times to backtrack if dependency " + \
+				"calculation fails ",
+
+			"action" : "store"
+		},
+
 		"--config-root": {
 			"help":"specify the location for portage configuration files",
 			"action":"store"
@@ -653,6 +662,21 @@ def parse_opts(tmpcmdline, silent=False):
 	if myoptions.selective == "True":
 		myoptions.selective = True
 
+	if myoptions.backtrack is not None:
+
+		try:
+			backtrack = int(myoptions.backtrack)
+		except (OverflowError, ValueError):
+			backtrack = -1
+
+		if backtrack < 0:
+			backtrack = None
+			if not silent:
+				writemsg("!!! Invalid --backtrack parameter: '%s'\n" % \
+					(myoptions.backtrack,), noiselevel=-1)
+
+		myoptions.backtrack = backtrack
+
 	if myoptions.deep is not None:
 		deep = None
 		if myoptions.deep == "True":
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