"emerge -pvDu world" doesn't show all available updated packages. For instance, here is what I currently get when running that command: jhuebel@jason64 jhuebel $ emerge -pvDu world These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.6 [2.4.26] -build 0 kB [ebuild U ] sys-libs/glibc-2.3.4.20040602 [2.3.3_pre20040529] -build -erandom -hardened -makecheck +multilib +nls -nptl -pic 13,398 kB Total size of downloads: 13,398 kB But I know for a certainty that there are other packages that need to be updated. For instance, "emerge -pv kde" gives this output: jhuebel@jason64 jhuebel $ emerge -pv kde These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdeaccessibility-3.2.2 [3.2.1] -debug 0 kB [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdegraphics-3.2.2 [3.2.1] +gphoto2 +opengl +scanner -tetex 0 kB [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdeedu-3.2.2 [3.2.1] -debug 21,855 kB [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdeutils-3.2.2 [3.2.1] -debug 2,489 kB [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdetoys-3.2.2 [3.2.1] -debug 2,344 kB [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdemultimedia-3.2.2-r1 [3.2.1] +alsa +encode -flac -gstreamer +oggvorbis 4,796 kB [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdenetwork-3.2.2 [3.2.1] +samba -slp -wifi 6,013 kB [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdepim-3.2.2 [3.2.1] +crypt -ldap -pda 7,540 kB [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdeadmin-3.2.2 [3.2.1] +pam 1,523 kB [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdegames-3.2.2 [3.2.1] -debug 8,901 kB [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdeaddons-3.2.2 [3.2.1] +esd +sdl -(svga) +xmms 1,320 kB [ebuild U ] kde-base/kde-3.2.2 [3.2.1] [empty/missing/bad digest] Total size of downloads: 56,785 kB Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -pvDu world 2. emerge -pv kde Actual Results: "emerge -pvDu world" doesn't display updated kde packages. Expected Results: "emerge -pvDu world" should include the kde updates. jhuebel@jason64 jhuebel $ emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r7 (default-amd64-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040529-r0, 2.6.5-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 x86_64 4 Gentoo Base System version 1.4.15 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache cvs sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://localhost/portage" USE="X alsa amd64 apm arts avi berkdb cdr crypt cups directfb dvdr encode esd foomaticdb gd gdbm gif gphoto2 gpm imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla moznocompose moznoirc mozsvg mpeg multilib mysql ncurses nls nogcj noreiserfs oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds python qt quicktime readline samba scanner sdl slang spell sqlite ssl tcpd tiff truetype usb xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Marked this as major, since it's obviously missing significant updates. I only noticed this because I had a problem with krfb not working in kde 3.2.1 (I /thought/ I had already upgraded to kde 3.2.2).
Packages that will be considered by portage when updating world have to be placed in /var/cache/edb/world If a package is not in /var/cache/edb/world and it is not a dependency of any package in /var/cache/edb/world or its sub-dependencies, it won't be considered by portage when updating world. emerge -p depclean will give you a list of packages which are not in /var/cache/edb/world and are not dependencies of any package in /var/cache/edb/world Could you check if kde-base/kde is listed in /var/cache/edb/world and if it is not, add it and run "emerge -pvDu world" again to see it the package updates appear now.
you're sure that you've kde in your world file ?
Try running regenworld.
No commentary. Old and closing.
Closing due to old age