On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:48:07 +0000
Scott Thomson <[email protected]> wrote:
> There seems to me to be a bit of an issue when a slotted package
> ebuild is bumped and the the existing ebuild is removed (which is
> quite often the case with security bumps). The problem is that
> paludis won't bump that package as part of -i world (or universe),
> potentially leaving your system with known security issue.

The current resolver only considers the best installed slot except when
there are explicit slot or version dependencies. This is a known
limitation and it has nothing to do with existing ebuilds being removed.

The 'security' set uses explicit dependencies to force upgrades of
things in older slots where necessary, and paludis --report will tell
you if you have older packages with security issues.

I'm sort of thinking about adding an everything-with-slots set... Not
ideal, but I'd really rather not make too many changes to the current
resolver if I can help it.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh

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