Hello, I would like to raise the following quibbles with portage. When I say world file below I am referring to /var/cache/edb/world.
(1) Certain packages remain in world file even when uninstalled. (2) Certain packages are installed but not added to world file. E.g. If I install evolution and that installs mozilla as a dependency then mozilla is not put in world file. (3) Sometimes pinning an item in world file like '>=net-www/mozilla-1.3' does not stop an 'emerge -up -deep world' from downgrading it because another package like evolution wants an older version. (4) Injecting stubs for packages although prevents downgrading can get messy if you find yourself injecting a lot of them and it can be hard to keep track of. Is there a way to list all stubs? (5) Also, how do you remove a stub? Is it by 'emerge -C' <category>/<package>-<version>-<release>? Since I'm using some unstable and rest stable packages the issue of downgrading is making life troublesome for me. It'd be interesting to hear how the rest of you deal with them. I don't wish to run on the unstable tree but just wish to install some of the unstable packages. Incidentally, if I use the -U (upgrade only) flag I get the following error. ---- Calculating world dependencies \ !!! all ebuilds that could satisfy ">=media-libs/alsa-lib-0.9.1" have been masked. !!! (dependency required by "media-sound/alsa-utils-0.9.1" [ebuild]) !!! Problem with ebuild media-sound/alsa-utils-0.9.1 !!! Possibly a DEPEND/*DEPEND problem. !!! Depgraph creation failed. ---- My emerge info is given below. -- Dhruba Bandopadhyay Portage 2.0.47-r10 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r2) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r2 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.linux.no/ http://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/ http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/ " CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm avi crypt cups encode gif jpeg libg++ libwww mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gtkhtml gdbm berkdb slang readline arts bonobo svga java guile X sdl gpm tcpd pam ssl perl python imlib oggvorbis gnome gtk qt kde motif opengl aalib acpi alsa cdr directfb dvd esd fbcon gtk2 imap mozilla moznoirc moznomail moznocompose moznoxft mozsvg nas sse tcltk tiff usb xml" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fprefetch-loop-arrays -falign-functions=4 -funroll-loops -ffast-math -fforce-addr" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fprefetch-loop-arrays -falign-functions=4 -funroll-loops -ffast-math -fforce-addr" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j4" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.uk.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache" -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
