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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: package.provided messes up emerging of package slots?
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:07:18
Message-Id: j4le40$ccr$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided messes up emerging of package slots? by Michael Schreckenbauer
1 On 09/12/2011 07:42 PM, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote:
2 > On Monday, 12. September 2011 18:41:37 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
3 >> In my /etc/portage/profile/package.provided, I have this:
4 >>
5 >> media-libs/freetype-1.4_pre20080316-r2
6 >>
7 >> When I try to emerge freetype however, instead of emerging the newer
8 >> version, I get:
9 >>
10 >> $ emerge freetype
11 >>
12 >> WARNING: A requested package will not be merged because it is listed
13 >> in package.provided:
14 >>
15 >> freetype pulled in by 'args'
16 >>
17 >> Nothing to merge; would you like to auto-clean packages? [Yes/No]
18 >>
19 >> Trying "emerge freetype:2" also won't work. The only only to emerge it
20 >> seems is by using the whole version ("emerge =freetype-2.4.6"). Is this
21 >> a bug?
22 >
23 > At least it's inconsistent. I would expect that the emerge with complete
24 > version also fails.
25
26 It's slotted, so it shouldn't fail. Freetype 1 and 2 can be installed
27 at the same time.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: package.provided messes up emerging of package slots? Michael Schreckenbauer <grimlog@×××.de>