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Bug 229911 - emerge -uD world wants to downgrade firefox from 3.0_rc3 to 2.0.0.14, emerge -u world works correctly
Summary: emerge -uD world wants to downgrade firefox from 3.0_rc3 to 2.0.0.14, emerge ...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2008-06-28 16:13 UTC by Joseph Mulloy
Modified: 2008-07-27 20:50 UTC (History)
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Description Joseph Mulloy 2008-06-28 16:13:24 UTC 
I have added "www-client/mozilla-firefox ~x86" to a file in /etc/portage/package.keywords to unmask firefox. When I run emerge -vauDt world this is what I get

emerge -vauDt world

These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:

Calculating world dependencies -
!!! Ebuilds for the following packages are either all
!!! masked or don't exist:
x11-wm/compiz x11-wm/compiz-fusion
                                                                                                                                          ... done!
[ebuild     U ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-i810-2.3.2 [2.3.1-r2] USE="dri -debug" 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] app-emulation/wine-1.0 [1.0_rc4] USE="X alsa cups dbus esd gecko hal jpeg ldap ncurses opengl oss xml -jack -lcms -nas -samba -scanner" 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] app-admin/sudo-1.6.9_p16 [1.6.9_p13] USE="ldap pam -offensive (-selinux) -skey" 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] app-office/openoffice-bin-2.4.1 [2.4.0] USE="java kde -gnome" LINGUAS="en -af -as_IN -be_BY -bg -br -bs -ca -cs -da -de -dz-el -en_GB -en_ZA -es -et -fi -fr -ga -gl -gu -he -hi_IN -hr -hu -it -ja -ka -km -ko -lt -mk -ml_IN -mr_IN -nb -ne -nl -nn -nr -ns -or_IN -pa_IN -pl -pt -rw -sh -sk -sl -sr -ss -st -sv -sw_TZ -ta -te_IN -tg -th -ti_ER -tr -ts -uk -ur_IN -ve -vi -xh -zh_CN -zh_TW -zu" 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] kde-misc/knetworkmanager-0.2.2_p20080528 [0.2.1_p20071228] USE="arts xinerama -cisco -debug -dialup -openvpn (-pptp)" 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] media-video/qdvdauthor-1.2.0 [1.0.0] USE="mplayer xine" 0 kB
[ebuild     UD] www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.14 [3.0_rc3] USE="java xinerama%* -bindist -debug -filepicker% -gnome -iceweasel% -ipv6 -mozdevelop -moznopango% -restrict-javascript -xforms% -xprint% (-dbus%*) (-startup-notification%) (-xulrunner%*)" LINGUAS="en -af -ar -be -bg% -ca -cs -da -de -el -en_GB -en_US -es -es_AR -es_ES -eu -fi -fr -fy -fy_NL -ga -ga_IE -gu -gu_IN -he -hu -it -ja -ka -ko -ku -lt -mk -mn -nb -nb_NO -nl -nn -nn_NO -pa -pa_IN -pl -pt -pt_BR -pt_PT -ro -ru -sk -sl -sv -sv_SE -tr -uk -zh -zh_CN -zh_TW (-id%) (-si%) (-sq%) (-sr%)" 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] media-gfx/gimp-2.4.2 [2.2.17] USE="alsa%* dbus%* jpeg mmx pdf%* png python sse svg tiff -aalib (-altivec) -curl% -debug -doc -gnome% -gtkhtml -lcms -mng -smp -wmf (-gimpprint%*) (-hardened%)" 0 kB

Total: 8 packages (7 upgrades, 1 downgrade), Size of downloads: 0 kB

It works correctly if I remove the -D flag

emerge -vau world

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating world dependencies /
!!! Ebuilds for the following packages are either all
!!! masked or don't exist:
x11-wm/compiz x11-wm/compiz-fusion
                                                                                                                                          ... done!
[ebuild     U ] net-libs/xulrunner-1.9-r2 [1.9_rc3] USE="dbus java -gnome -ipv6 -startup-notification (-debug%)" 33,244 kB
[ebuild     U ] media-video/qdvdauthor-1.2.0 [1.0.0] USE="mplayer xine" 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] kde-misc/knetworkmanager-0.2.2_p20080528 [0.2.1_p20071228] USE="arts xinerama -cisco -debug -dialup -openvpn (-pptp)" 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] app-office/openoffice-bin-2.4.1 [2.4.0] USE="java kde -gnome" LINGUAS="en -af -as_IN -be_BY -bg -br -bs -ca -cs -da -de -dz-el -en_GB -en_ZA -es -et -fi -fr -ga -gl -gu -he -hi_IN -hr -hu -it -ja -ka -km -ko -lt -mk -ml_IN -mr_IN -nb -ne -nl -nn -nr -ns -or_IN -pa_IN -pl -pt -rw -sh -sk -sl -sr -ss -st -sv -sw_TZ -ta -te_IN -tg -th -ti_ER -tr -ts -uk -ur_IN -ve -vi -xh -zh_CN -zh_TW -zu" 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] media-gfx/gimp-2.4.2 [2.2.17] USE="alsa%* dbus%* jpeg mmx pdf%* png python sse svg tiff -aalib (-altivec) -curl% -debug -doc -gnome% -gtkhtml -lcms -mng -smp -wmf (-gimpprint%*) (-hardened%)" 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] app-emulation/wine-1.0 [1.0_rc4] USE="X alsa cups dbus esd gecko hal jpeg ldap ncurses opengl oss xml -jack -lcms -nas -samba -scanner" 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] app-admin/sudo-1.6.9_p16 [1.6.9_p13] USE="ldap pam -offensive (-selinux) -skey" 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-i810-2.3.2 [2.3.1-r2] USE="dri -debug" 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.0-r1 [3.0_rc3] USE="dbus java xulrunner -bindist -gnome -iceweasel% -ipv6 -mozdevelop -restrict-javascript -startup-notification (-debug%)" LINGUAS="en -af -ar -be -ca -cs -da -de -el -en_GB -en_US -es -es_AR -es_ES -eu -fi -fr -fy -fy_NL -ga -ga_IE -gu -gu_IN -he -hu -id -it -ja -ka -ko -ku -lt -mk -mn -nb -nb_NO -nl -nn -nn_NO -pa -pa_IN -pl -pt -pt_BR -pt_PT -ro -ru -si -sk -sl -sq -sr -sv -sv_SE -tr -uk -zh -zh_CN -zh_TW" 11,272 kB

Total: 9 packages (9 upgrades), Size of downloads: 44,515 kB

Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No]

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add www-client/mozilla-firefox ~x86"www-client/mozilla-firefox ~x86" to /etc/portage/package.keywords
2. emerge mozilla-firefox
3. emerge -vauD world

Actual Results:  
Portage tries to downgrade Firefox

Expected Results:  
Portage should try to upgrade Firefox if a newer version is available.

krypton jdmulloy # emerge --info
Portage 2.1.4.4 (default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.24-gentoo-r3 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.24-gentoo-r3 i686 Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2300 @ 1.66GHz
Timestamp of tree: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:15:01 +0000
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p33
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4-r13
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1-r2
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r2
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.18-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.26
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.23-r3
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/4.0/env /usr/kde/4.0/share/config /usr/kde/4.0/shutdown /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="collision-protect distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch prelink sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
LANG="en_US.utf8"
LINGUAS="en"
MAKEOPTS="-j1"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/sunrise /usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac acl acpi aiglx alsa arts berkdb cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode esd evo fam firefox flac fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal iconv ieee1394 isdnlog java jpeg kde kerberos lame ldap lm_sensors mad midi mikmod mmx mono mp3 mpeg mudflap ncurses netwrokmanager nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg opengl openmp oss pam pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd python qt qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg tcpd tetex theora tiff truetype type1 unicode usb vcd vorbis win32codecs x86 xinerama xml xorg xscreensaver xv 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" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="mouse keyboard evdev synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="i810 vga vesa"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Comment 1 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-06-28 16:19:38 UTC 
See, you're mixing a testing firefox with an otherwise stable tree. There are lots of packages requiring FF 2 (or xulrunner). Not a bug.
Comment 2 Joseph Mulloy 2008-06-28 16:50:17 UTC 
Turns out VLC has a dependency on Firefox 2. Is this necessary?
Comment 3 Joseph Mulloy 2008-07-04 05:17:03 UTC 
Sorry to reopen the bug. I found that the problem is a hard coded dependency on Firefox 2 in the VLC ebuild. I removed VLC and the problem went away. Is the dependency necessary? I couldn't find a dependency list on the VLC website.
Comment 4 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-07-04 13:23:26 UTC 
Yes it is necessary.
Comment 5 Don 2008-07-27 20:50:54 UTC 
Many Gentoo users would recommend you add USE="xulrunner". However, in this case and in many others(OO.o), it doesn't work. I have found a workaround, so that you can keep FF3. Remove the firefox use flag, and add USE="seamonkey", this will make packages that depend on firefox, depend on seamonkey instead. Just run emerge seamonkey beforehand.