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From: Klavs Klavsen <kl@××××.dk>
To: Jani Monoses <jani@××.ro>
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] sylpheed update
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:37:54
Message-Id: 1051285068.2988.36.camel@amd.vsen.dk
1 On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 16:46, Jani Monoses wrote:
2 > Hi
3 >
4 > and to what should it upgrade if the only ebuild that is newer is marked
5 > as unstable while the ones which were stable were deleted?
6 >
7 Then ofcourse it wouln't upgrade (that's the idea). That's why I asked
8 you if it was because of the downgrading you complained.
9
10 p.s. this issue belongs in gentoo-user or in the apropriate forum IMHO.
11
12 p.p.s. I've posted this to the gentoo-dev list too - so everyone can
13 follow the thread - and other people with same problem might find the
14 answer to the same question by searching.
15
16 > > On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 11:06, Jani Monoses wrote:
17 > > > Hi
18 > > > I have s 0.8.8 installed and an update would go back to 0.8.5-r1
19 > > > because 0.8.11 is masked and other ebuilds have been deleted so the
20 > > > greatest stable is 0.8.5
21 > > > while this is probably an accident it would be good if portage would
22 > > > not allow such inconsistencies to happen.
23 > > >
24 > > you mean not downgrading? then just use -Uu instead of just -u - then
25 > > it won't try to downgrade.
26 > > --
27 > > Regards,
28 > > Klavs Klavsen, GSEC - kl@××××.dk - http://www.vsen.dk
29 > >
30 > > Working with Unix is like wrestling a worthy opponent.
31 > > Working with windows is like attacking a small whining child
32 > > who is carrying a .38.
33 > >
34 --
35 Regards,
36 Klavs Klavsen, GSEC - kl@××××.dk - http://www.vsen.dk
37
38 Working with Unix is like wrestling a worthy opponent.
39 Working with windows is like attacking a small whining child
40 who is carrying a .38.

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