On Saturday, 30 December 2023 21:10:10 GMT Jack wrote: > I have both wine-vanilla 8.0.2 (stable) and 8.1.2 (testing) installed. > "emerge -c wine-vanilla" would remove both of them. "emerge -c > wine-vanilla:8.21" refuses, claiming > > app-emulation/wine-vanilla-8.21 pulled in by: > virtual/wine-0-r10 requires > app-emulation/wine-vanilla[abi_x86_32,abi_x86_64] > > Although it is perfectly happy with "emerge -c wine-vanilla:8.0.2". > > Is this a bug, or is it considered reasonable for portage to have a > virtual absolutely insist on keeping the newest installed version if > several slots are available?
No, it's how it's supposed to work. Portage removed one version of wine because the virtual was still satisfied. It wouldn't remove the last remaining version: you need to uninstall the virtual first. -- Regards, Peter.
