The reason for this happen is that the ebuild that is in the system (0.74) is no longer in portage (check /usr/portage/net-im/gaim to confirm this), so emerge doesn't see it as a valid version number for the -U option. Go in and emerge 0.74-rN (or whatever the current version is) and then you -U will work.
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 08:58:34AM +0200, Alex V. Koval wrote: > > Hi > > anybody have idea why my emerge tries to downgrade my gaim-0.74 when I set > flags as -U?? > > bash-2.05b# emerge -p -u -U world > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > Calculating world dependencies ...done! > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gettext-0.12.1 [0.11.5-r1] > [ebuild UD] net-im/gaim-0.72-r1 [0.74] > > bash-2.05b# emerge -p -u --upgradeonly world > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > Calculating world dependencies ...done! > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gettext-0.12.1 [0.11.5-r1] > [ebuild UD] net-im/gaim-0.72-r1 [0.74] > > My emerge version: > > * sys-apps/portage > Latest version available: 2.0.49-r15 > Latest version installed: 2.0.49-r15 > Size of downloaded files: 230 kB > Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org > Description: Portage ports system > > Thanks. > > -- > Alex V. Koval > http://www.halogen-dg.com > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- "There are only 3 real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and mountain climbing. All the others are mere games." -- Hemingway -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
