Marius Mauch wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:02:57 -0400
> Doug Goldstein <cardoe@g.o> wrote:
>
>   
>> Marius Mauch wrote:
>>     
>>> Now that's a big exaggeration. It _might_ be missing from world
>>> updates (there are still many cases where it will be included), but
>>> that's not the only available operation in portage.
>>>
>>> Marius
>>>   
>>>       
>> We discussed this in #gentoo-portage the other day where I had a
>> machine that was on gcc 4.3.1 (not -r1) and glibc 2.7 and didn't want
>> to upgrade either of those packages to the latest ~arch.
>>
>>     
> I know, but just because it did (not) happen in your case doesn't mean
> it will be the same for everyone else.
>
> Marius
>
>   
Given the same package set and world file that I have, it will happen 
every time. Also specific variations of my package set and world file 
will result in the issue. Which means that it will occur for other 
people but no one ever said everyone.