From `man eix`: -u, --upgrade Only match packages which have at least one slotted version installed which is not the best version within that slot. This means that you should either upgrade or downgrade that package. # eix --upgrade Unknown option --upgrade # strings `which eix` | grep "\-u," -u, --update Match packages without best slotted version. --update works.
Oh, and that's with eix-0.9.2. # emerge --info Portage 2.1.2.3 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r1, 2.6.19-suspend2-r3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-suspend2-r3 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1600MHz Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 Timestamp of tree: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:30:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31-r5 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r6 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.23b virtual/os-headers: 2.6.19.2-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -Os -pipe -ggdb3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /lib/modules /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -Os -pipe -ggdb3" DISTDIR="/opt/distfiles" FEATURES="buildpkg ccache collision-protect distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict test userfetch userpriv" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.uni-c.dk/pub/gentoo http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo" LANG="en_GB.utf8" LINGUAS="da en en_GB" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/opt/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--timeout=60" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/var/repositories/gentoo" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/repositories/portage /var/repositories/wgetpaste /var/repositories/vmware" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aac acpi aiglx alsa asf avahi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt css cups dri dvd dvdr emboss encode fam fat fbcon ffmpeg firefox flac fortran gdbm gif gnokii gphoto2 gpm hal i8x0 iconv ieee1394 imagemagick irda irmc isdnlog jfs jpeg kcal kde kdehiddenvisibility lcd libg++ lm_sensors logitech-mouse mad midi mikmod mmx mmxext mp3 mpeg mplayer msn musicbrainz ncurses network nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ntfs ogg opengl paludis paludis_hooks_eselect pam pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd python qt3 quicktime rdesktop readline real reflection reiser4 reiserfs ruby scanner sdl session slp sms spell spl sse sse2 ssl subversion svg svga syslog tcpd test tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vcd vim vim-syntax vorbis wifi win32codecs x86 xcomposite xfs xine xml xorg xscreensaver xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse synaptics void" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="da en en_GB" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev fglrx i810 radeon vesa" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS
Thanks for the report. Fixed in eix' svn trunk.
fixed in eix 0.9.3, thanks!
