When updating a set of packages where one of the packages is Portage and using the --ask (-a) option, the user is shown a list of packages to update and a message indicating that once Portage is updated, it will reload and continue merging. However, the reloaded Portage re-asks the user to merge the remaining packages. The user has already agreeded to emerge the packages. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.) emerge -ua world Actual Results: Here's an example: # emerge -ua world These are the packages that I would merge, in order: [ebuild U ] dev-db/mysql-4.0.20 [4.0.18-r2] [ebuild U ] sys-apps/baselayout-1.9.4-r3 [1.9.4-r2] [ebuild U ] sys-apps/portage-2.0.50-r9 [2.0.50-r8] *** Portage will stop merging at this point and reload itself, recalculate dependencies, and complete the merge. [ebuild U ] net-misc/rsync-2.6.0-r2 [2.6.0] Do you want me to merge these packages? [Yes/No] If the user enters 'yes' at the prompt, the packages listed prior to Portage are updated (here mysql and baselayout), then Portage itself. The new Portage then recalculates dependencies to complete the merge. However, this new invocation re-asks the user to install latter packages (here rsync). . . . Do you want me to merge these packages? [Yes/No] yes <la la la merging things> These are the packages that I would merge, in order: [ebuild U ] net-misc/rsync-2.6.0-r2 [2.6.0] Do you want me to merge these packages? [Yes/No] The issue is, Portage has already asked me if I want to merge rsync, and I've already said yes. Expected Results: In saving the state of Portage to re-invoke it after it's updated, the --ask (-a) should be stripped so that the latter invocation doesn't re-ask the user to install the remaining packages. The current behavior prevents the user from updating all of the packages unattended since the merging will stop once Portage is updated (unless the user answers 'no' and issues an 'emerge -u world' which seems a lot like the -p days). # emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r9 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.6.7-gentoo-r6) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-tbird -Os -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-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/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-tbird -Os -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache 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="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X Xaw3d acpi alsa apm arts avi berkdb cdr cjk crypt cscope cups curl dga encode esd ethereal evo f77 fbcon foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imap imlib innodb java jpeg kde lcms libg++ libwww mad mbox memlimit mikmod mmx motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl plotutils png python qt quicktime readline ruby samba sasl scanner sdl slang snmp spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex threads truetype usb videos wmf x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Ask is stripped upon resume. 51_pre14
Bug has been fixed and released in stable portages on or before 2.0.51-r2
