In my /etc/portage/profile/package.provided, I have this:

  media-libs/freetype-1.4_pre20080316-r2

When I try to emerge freetype however, instead of emerging the newer version, I get:

  $ emerge freetype

  WARNING: A requested package will not be merged because it is listed
  in package.provided:

    freetype pulled in by 'args'

  Nothing to merge; would you like to auto-clean packages? [Yes/No]

Trying "emerge freetype:2" also won't work. The only only to emerge it seems is by using the whole version ("emerge =freetype-2.4.6"). Is this a bug?


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