On Dec 15, 2007 6:55 PM, Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just did an "emerge --sync", and checked what was available for > updateing... > > [m3000][root][~] emerge --ask --deep --update --world > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating world dependencies... done! > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gnuconfig-20070724 [20070118] > [ebuild U ] dev-libs/libassuan-1.0.2-r1 [0.6.10] > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gettext-0.17 [0.16.1-r1] > [ebuild U ] dev-util/dialog-1.1.20071028 [1.1.20070930] > [ebuild U ] sys-libs/com_err-1.40.3 [1.40.2] > [ebuild U ] www-client/w3m-0.5.2-r1 [0.5.2] > [ebuild U ] sys-libs/ss-1.40.3 [1.40.2] > [ebuild U ] sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.40.3 [1.40.2] > [ebuild U ] net-firewall/iptables-1.3.8-r2 [1.3.8-r1] > [ebuild U ] x11-apps/xinit-1.0.5-r1 [1.0.4] USE="-hal% -pam%" > [ebuild N ] app-crypt/pinentry-0.7.3 USE="ncurses -caps -gtk -qt3" > [ebuild U ] app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.7 [1.4.7-r1] USE="-doc% -openct% > -pcsc-lite%" > [blocks B ] <=app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.1 (is blocking app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.7 > ) > > I do *NOT* have *ANY* packages masked in /etc/portage/package.mask > Anyhow, I manually unmerged gnupg (would you believe version 1.4.7-r1 ?), > and asked for an update again... > > [m3000][root][~] emerge --ask --deep --update --world > > These are the packages that would be fetched, in order: > > Calculating world dependencies... done! > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gnuconfig-20070724 [20070118] > [ebuild U ] dev-libs/libassuan-1.0.2-r1 [0.6.10] > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gettext-0.17 [0.16.1-r1] > [ebuild U ] dev-util/dialog-1.1.20071028 [1.1.20070930] > [ebuild U ] sys-libs/com_err-1.40.3 [1.40.2] > [ebuild U ] www-client/w3m-0.5.2-r1 [0.5.2] > [ebuild U ] sys-libs/ss-1.40.3 [1.40.2] > [ebuild U ] sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.40.3 [1.40.2] > [ebuild U ] net-firewall/iptables-1.3.8-r2 [1.3.8-r1] > [ebuild U ] x11-apps/xinit-1.0.5-r1 [1.0.4] USE="-hal% -pam%" > [ebuild N ] app-crypt/pinentry-0.7.3 USE="ncurses -caps -gtk -qt3" > [ebuild N ] app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.7 USE="bzip2 -doc -ldap -nls -openct > -pcsc-lite (-selinux) -smartcard" > > Curious minds want to know... > > - why didn't portage replace the old version itself? That's generally > part of the update process.
Probably because for some package a DEPEND was set to something like: >=gnupg-2.0.7 > > > - once I manually unmerged gnupg, what brings it back? I did *NOT* > use revdep-rebuild. A package on your system needs gnupg as a dependency. > > > - what's with the additional flags for 2.0.7 compared to what 2.0.7 > had the previous time I tried? Some flags were added it to allow for more customization of gnupg is my guess. Good questions! > > > -- > Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm not repeating myself > I'm an X Window user... I'm an ex-Windows-user > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > >
