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Dale schreef: |
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> Hi guys, and Holly, |
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> I ran a revdep-rebuild on my main rig and it says it needs to do this: |
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>> [ebuild UD] gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.10.1-r2 [2.12.2] |
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> OK, the "U" means Upgrade right? The "D" means downgrade right? What |
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> the heck is going on here? How is it going to upgrade then downgrade |
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> and why? |
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It's not going to "upgrade, then downgrade" It means that the upgrade |
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*is* a downgrade from the version currently installed. |
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This can happen for a number of reasons, but all the reasons relate to |
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the currently-installed package being "illegal" on your system in |
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Portage's view. |
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For example: |
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1. You installed the current version with "ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~arch" on the |
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command line; because this is a temporary setting that Portage doesn't |
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remember after a new shell login, when a global Portage search is later |
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run, Portage sees that only stable packages are "legal" and downgrades |
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the upgrade; |
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2. The package has changed status since installation and is no longer |
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legal (for example, the dev team has discovered major problems and hard |
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masked the package, making it legal on _no-one's_ system-- this happened |
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to me yesterday with the bash upgrade); |
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3. The package that uses this package as a dependency cannot use this |
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version of the currently-installed lib as a dependency (has a hard |
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version dependency), so the package must be downgraded to serve as a |
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dependency for the package in your world file that's demanding it. |
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Etc., etc, enz. |
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> Here's the whole thing. |
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>> root@smoker / # revdep-rebuild -p |
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<snip> |
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>> Collecting system binaries and libraries... using existing |
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>> /root/.revdep-rebuild.1_files. |
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<snip> |
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> Can someone clear this one up for me? I'm a little more confused than |
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> normal on this one. |
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You see that "using exisiting /root/.revdep-rebuild.1_files"? |
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That means that you previously ran revdep-rebuild -p and the system is |
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using that output to run the actual rebuild. |
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It's quite possible that the previous --pretend was run before you |
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upgraded gnome-vfs, and the output of course does not know that the |
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upgrade has occurred (since it's using old output, rather than checking |
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the entire tree again). |
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I would say either remove all the /root/.revdep-* files in the tree and |
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run revdep-rebuild again (with or without -p, if you use -p then you'll |
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have to run it again without to actually perform the rebuild), or just |
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downgrade and then when you run another emerge -uaDtv world, you will |
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likely be offered the upgrade again-- and since you're using the --tree |
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option, you will be able to see what's bringing in gnome-vfs. |
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> While I am at it. I don't use Gnome so why is it installing it? I use |
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> KDE. |
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Do an emerge -upDtv gnome-vfs (after the downgrade, if you allow it). |
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That should show you what is bringing it in (the --tree view), and the |
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USE flags that package is using It's possible that you have the "gnome" |
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USE flag enabled for a package that "doesn't need it", or another USE |
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flag-- "eds" comes to mind" that forces the dependency. |
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Hope this helps. |
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Holly |
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