Portage thinks never flex version is older, see below saga ~ # emerge =sys-devel/flex-2.5.4a-r6 These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild UD] sys-devel/flex-2.5.4a-r6 [2.5.33-r1] USE="-build% -static (-nls%*)" 386 kB
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flex-2.5.4a is newer? Since when?
D'oh. Sorry.
Closing :)
