Have you tried emerge -Up world? this will upgrade only. I use it because of my nvidia drivers.
On Thursday 20 March 2003 11:11 am, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote: > 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 -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
