Bug 643974 – sys-apps/portage: || ( foo <bar-10 ) prevents upgrade of bar

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Portage Development

[Description Zac Medico 2018-01-09 01:45:54 UTC]

The fix for bug 635540 prevents downgrades, but upgrades still to do not work correctly.

[Comment 1 Zac Medico 2018-01-09 21:45:43 UTC]

Patch sent for review:

https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage-dev/message/327626b5c518aae8017c62f1c2072bc9
https://github.com/gentoo/portage/pull/241

[Comment 2 Larry the Git Cow 2018-01-11 19:24:16 UTC]

The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=86ba22da7a2f34848cdb5a6f1090c22c264e577e

commit 86ba22da7a2f34848cdb5a6f1090c22c264e577e
Author:     Zac Medico <[e-mail]>
AuthorDate: 2018-01-09 03:34:22 +0000
Commit:     Zac Medico <[e-mail]>
CommitDate: 2018-01-11 19:23:34 +0000

    dep_zapdeps: install new package, allow upgrade (bug 643974)
    
    Prefer to install a new package in order to allow upgrade of an
    installed package. This generalizes the code from bug 635540 so
    that it both allows desirable upgrades and prevents unwanted
    downgrades.
    
    Fixes: 7c58e3737616 ("dep_zapdeps: install new package, avoid downgrade (bug 635540)")
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/643974
    Reviewed-by: Alec Warner <[e-mail]>

 pym/portage/dep/dep_check.py                       |  11 +--
 .../tests/resolver/test_or_upgrade_installed.py    | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 106 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)}