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From: Dan Johansson <Dan.Johansson@×××.nu>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-amd64] emerge -uDp wants to downgrade vmware-modules
Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 09:07:29
Message-Id: 200905031107.24458.Dan.Johansson@dmj.nu
1 While doing my standard "emerge --update --deep --verbose --reinstall
2 changed-use world --pretend" I noticed that emerge wanted to downgrade my
3 app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2
4
5 # emerge --update --deep --verbose --reinstall changed-use world --pretend
6
7 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
8
9 Calculating dependencies... done!
10 [ebuild U ] dev-perl/XML-Parser-2.36 [2.34-r1] 0 kB [?=>0]
11 [ebuild UD] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2 [1.0.0.23] 0 kB [0]
12
13 Total: 2 packages (1 upgrade, 1 downgrade), Size of downloads: 0 kB
14
15 I really don't get it because:
16 # eix vmware-modules
17 [I] app-emulation/vmware-modules
18 Available versions: 1.0.0.15-r1 1.0.0.15-r2 1.0.0.23 {kernel_linux}
19 Installed versions: 1.0.0.23(14:52:04 05/02/09)(kernel_linux)
20 Homepage: http://www.vmware.com/
21 Description: Modules for Vmware Programs
22
23 and
24 # grep
25 KEYWORDS /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules/vmware-modules-1.0.0.*.ebuild
26 /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1.ebuild:KEYWORDS="amd64
27 x86"
28 /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2.ebuild:KEYWORDS="amd64
29 x86"
30 /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules/vmware-modules-1.0.0.23.ebuild:KEYWORDS="amd64
31 x86"
32
33 As I read this output 1.0.0.23 should still be available for my amd64 arch.
34
35 Any suggestions?
36 --
37 Dan Johansson, <http://www.dmj.nu>
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[gentoo-amd64] Re: emerge -uDp wants to downgrade vmware-modules Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>