Re: [gentoo-user] Inconsistency in portage automake package versioning

[Gevisz]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:49:18 +0200 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:

> On 17/11/2014 23:29, Gevisz wrote:
> > In today's system update I was advised to update sys-devel/automake
> > from version 1.11.6 to version 1.11.6-r1. However, just after the
> > update the system reported that sys-devel/automake has version 1.13.4.
> >
> > Is it only me who think that something is wrong here?
> >
> > The commands and their output is given below.
> >
> > # emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=90 --ask world
> >
> > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> >
> > Calculating dependencies... done!
> > [ebuild     U  ] sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1 [1.11.6]
> >
> > Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] y
> > ...
> >>>> Installing (1 of 1) sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1
> >>>> Auto-cleaning packages...
> >
> >>>> No outdated packages were found on your system.
> >
> >  * Regenerating GNU info directory index...
> >  * Processed 148 info files.
> >  * After world updates, it is important to remove obsolete packages with
> >  * emerge --depclean. Refer to `man emerge` for more information.
> >
> >
> > # emerge --search automake
>
> ...
>
>
> Nothing wrong there. automake is SLOTted.
>
> emerge upgraded one of your installed SLOTs, and that slot is not the
> highest version number you have.

Thank you for explanation.

> p.s. make life easier for yourself when searching the tree. Install eix
> and stop using emerge --search. eix runs out a gazillion times faster :-)

As fas as I remember, I have eix installed but used only once. :)

Have to re-read its documentation first.