On Monday, 12. September 2011 18:41:37 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> 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?
At least it's inconsistent. I would expect that the emerge with complete
version also fails.
Regards,
Michael
