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Mark Haney wrote: |
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> Duncan wrote: |
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>> "Mark Haney" <mhaney@××××××××××××.org> posted |
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>> 494FE6D7.2060408@××××××××××××.org, excerpted below, on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 |
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>> 14:13:27 -0500: |
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>>> I've been updating my system after having some surgery and taking time |
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>>> off from everything and I've noticed a funny thing. Certain packages are |
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>>> requiring that I install v2.1.4.5 or portage (I'm running 2.1.6.2 now) |
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>>> before updating the other packages. Why is that? |
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>> So you're saying they're asking you to downgrade? Do you have an |
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>> example and is it in the main tree or some overlay (which)? |
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>> I /think/ that'd be a bug as to date portage has been backward |
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>> compatible such that new versions should handle old ebuilds just fine, |
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>> but I can't say for sure without an example to look at the code on and |
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>> see what it's actually trying to do, where and why. |
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>> What I suspect is happening is that it's depending on a specific |
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>> portage version, say =2.1.4*, instead of a slot, which portage should |
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>> support everything at least in the main tree. IOW it shouldn't be |
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>> happening in the main tree. However, it could still be occurring in |
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>> some obscure overlay that doesn't get much testing from ~portage, |
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>> maybe one that has mostly paludis or pkgcore users? |
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>> But it's all speculation until there's an example to look at, and the |
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>> problem sounds strange enough I'm doubting I'm reading what you said |
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>> correctly in the first place. |
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> It seems anything java related and mplayer as well. Which of course I |
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> don't understand at all. It also might be a required portage version as |
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> you say, but I don't know how to determine that. |
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A quick check shows java and a bunch of others requiring portage |
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>=2.1.27 so that shouldn't be an issue I wouldn't think. |
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