Re: [gentoo-user] eix output for dev-perl/Expect

[Josh Cepek]

PaulNM wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On Monday 26 May 2008, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>>
>>> I'm puzzled by the output of 'eix' in respect to several, and some
>>> associated odd behavior of
>>> emerge.  I'll use as an example dev-perl/Expect.  It's installed, but
>>> I don't understand what eix
>>> is trying to tell me about it with the [D] at the beginning of the
>>> report, or the "*" associated
>>> with the Available versions strings.
>
>> Dunno what the 'D' means, but I would resume it means that eix thinks
>> you have to downgrade Expect to a version the is not masked by
>> missing keyword.
>
> Good guess.  That's what I thought when I first started seeing it in
> my eix output, but testing shows that's not the case.  I don't see
> "I"'s anymore, just "D"'s. Every installed package shows up with a D.
>
> EX:
>
> Robotech paul # eix eix
> [D] app-portage/eix
>      Available versions:  *0.10.2 *0.10.5 ~*0.12.4 ~*0.12.5 {doc sqlite}
>      Installed versions:  0.10.5(12:25:03 AM 03/17/2008)(-sqlite)
>      Homepage:            http://eix.sourceforge.net
>      Description:         Small utility for searching ebuilds with
> indexing for fast results

You need to update eix to version 0.12.4 or later to handle the new 
ebuild syntax introduced with the 2008.0 profile.  Add version 0.12.4 
(or 0.12.5) to your /etc/portage/package.keywords such as with the 
following line (assuming an x86 arch):
=app-portage/eix-0.12.4 ~x86
Then update eix and run `update-eix` as root.  This should fix the 
display problem you're having.

-- 
Josh