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On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 16/09/2014 17:51, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: |
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>> Recently, I updated xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager to version 1.3.1, |
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>> which is unstable, in order to prevent lvm2 from being pulled in as a |
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>> dependency. |
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>> grep xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager /etc/portage/package.* |
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>> /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords:=xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager-1.3.1 ~x86 |
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>> As I ran 'emerge -avuND @world' today, I got this output: |
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>> These are the packages that would be merged, in order: |
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>> Calculating dependencies ..... . .. ..... done! |
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>> [ebuild N ] sys-apps/sg3_utils-1.37 USE="-static-libs" 0 kB |
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>> [ebuild N ] sys-apps/rescan-scsi-bus-1.29 0 kB |
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>> [ebuild N ] sys-block/thin-provisioning-tools-0.3.2-r1 USE="{-test}" 0 kB |
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>> [ebuild N ] sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.109 USE="readline thin udev (-clvm) |
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>> (-cman) -device-mapper-only -lvm1 -lvm2create_initrd (-selinux) |
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>> -static -static-libs -systemd" 0 kB |
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>> [ebuild NS ] sys-fs/udisks-1.0.5-r1:0 [2.1.3:2] USE="nls -debug |
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>> -remote-access (-selinux)" 0 kB |
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>> [ebuild UD ] xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager-1.3.0 [1.3.1] |
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>> USE="policykit udisks%* -debug -networkmanager -systemd (-lxpanel%)" |
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>> XFCE_PLUGINS="brightness -battery" 0 kB |
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>> Total: 6 packages (1 downgrade, 4 new, 1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 0 kB |
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>> emerge trying to downgrade a package, Is that a bug or feature? This |
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>> is the first time I've encountered it. I googled it as well, but so |
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>> far found nothing relevant. |
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> portage is doing what the ebuilds and make.conf tell it to do. |
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> For some reason xfce-power-manager-1.3.1 does not satisfy what the local |
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> install needs but 1.3.0 does. So portage wants to make it so. |
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> Downgrades are not common, but neither are they unusual. It's not a |
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> feature either, it's a necessaity that portage be able to do this. |
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>> The list's input would be appreciated. |
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> -- |
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> Alan McKinnon |
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> alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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Thanks for the explanation. I overlooked the fact that XFCE_PLUGINS is |
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a user-defined variable and didn't think to look for answers in the |
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xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager ebuild at the time. |
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The responses I got are certainly appreciated. |
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