When I do an "emerge sync" I always get the well-known: * An update to portage is available. It is _highly_ recommended * that you update portage now, before any other packages are updated. * Please do so and then update ALL of your configuration files. It is annoying. I have a ~x86 masked version of portage installed, which I believe is the reason for the message to appear every time. # emerge -pv portage These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild UD] sys-apps/portage-2.0.48-r5 [2.0.49_pre18] -build
It should say that, and for most people it's _very_ good advice. You are aware of the reason, so don't worry about it.
I don't worry about it, but let's say I still use the 2.0.49_pre18. Then when 2.0.49 finally goes stable I would still pay no attention to the message, even though it would be a _very_ good idea to upgrade. Isn't it possible for portage to check that the version it recommends me to upgrade to is really a higher version than the one I already have installed? What I have in mind is the following: $ diff /usr/lib/portage/bin/emerge{,.chutz} 1782c1782 < if(mybestpv != mypvs): --- > if(mybestpv > mypvs):
*** Bug 29254 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
