If a package is masked in '/etc/portage/package.mask' any you update the system using binary packages the mask gets ignored. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Pick a package which is available for update and mask it. In the case I first noticed: echo '>dev-util/cvs-1.12 >> /etc/portage/package.mask' 2. emerge sync; emerge -aG cvs Actual Results: # emerge -pG cvs These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Fetching binary packages info... Loaded metadata pickle. <snip cache stuff> Calculating dependencies ...done! [binary U ] dev-util/cvs-1.12.11 [1.11.17] Expected Results: running 'emerge -pg cvs' gives: # emerge -pg cvs These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Fetching binary packages info... <snip cache stuff> Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] dev-util/cvs-1.11.19 [1.11.17] # emerge info Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r0, 2.4.28-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.28-gentoo-r5 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.6.9 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Feb 21 2005, 10:49:35)] distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.6.3, 1.9.4, 1.4_p6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r3 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.22-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-mtune=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/afs/C /etc/afs/afsws /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org 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://apps.ramix-uk.cho.ge.com/portage" USE="x86 X adns afs alsa apache2 apm avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl eds emboss encode esd flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imap imlib java jpeg kde kerberos ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline samba sasl sdl spell sse ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode xml2 xmms xprint xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS
It also appears tht using -G causes some parts of the profile to be ignored. This system is using 2005.0/2.4 profile. # emerge -pu gentoo-sources These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gnuconfig-20050223 [20040214] [ebuild UD] sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r7 [2.15.92.0.2-r8] [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.28-r8 # emerge -puG gentoo-sources These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Fetching binary packages info... Calculating dependencies ...done! [binary NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.11-r4 using 'g' is not consistent either: # emerge -pug gentoo-sources These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Fetching binary packages info... Calculating dependencies ...done! [binary UD] sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r7 [2.15.92.0.2-r8] [binary NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.28-r8
According to the manpage: --getbinpkgonly (-G) This option is identical to -g, as above, except it will not use ANY information from the local machine. All binaries will be downloaded from the remote server without consulting packages existing in the local packages directory. from /usr/lib/portage/bin/emerge: if ("--getbinpkgonly" in myopts) and not ("--usepkgonly" in myopts): myopts.append("--usepkgonly") if ("--getbinpkgonly" in myopts) and not ("--getbinpkg" in myopts): myopts.append("--getbinpkg") # Also allow -K to apply --usepkg/-k if ("--usepkgonly" in myopts) and not ("--usepkg" in myopts): myopts.append("--usepkg") So --getbinpkgonly (-G) implies --usepkg ( use binaries ) and --usepkgonly ( Only use Binaries (-K) <snip...> #from Depgraph's select_dep() if ("--usepkgonly" not in myopts): # Remove any binary package entries that are masked in the portage tree (#55871) for idx in range(len(myeb_pkg_matches)-1,-1,-1): if myeb_pkg_matches[idx] not in myeb_matches: del myeb_pkg_matches[idx] Here we see the emerge code only doing masks if --usepkgonly is not set. Thus -G is ( at least code-wise and man-page-wise ) supposed to ignore local masking, which it does. That leaves -g, which doesn't seem to be pulling either a binary or an ebuild for GNUCONFIG. Probably an "emerge -dupg gentoo-sources" can shed some light on that issue. Could you provide that?
Never noticed that behaviour in the man page before :-[ It does make managing machines in a large network much more time consuming if there is no easy way to control the installed versions via a package.mask. Are there any plans to include this functionality? # emerge -dupg gentoo-sources <snip> Calculating dependencies Parent: None Depstring: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources Candidates: ['sys-kernel/gentoo-sources'] ebuild: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.28-r8 binpkg: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.28-r8 - Parent: binary / sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.28-r8 merge Depstring: !build? ( sys-apps/sed >=sys-devel/binutils-2.11.90.0.31 ) doc? ( app-text/docbook-sgml-utils ) !build? ( >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2 sys-devel/make ) !build? ( sys-apps/sed >=sys-devel/binutils-2.11.90.0.31 ) doc? ( app-text/docbook-sgml-utils ) !build? ( >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2 sys-devel/make ) !build? ( sys-apps/sed >=sys-devel/binutils-2.11.90.0.31 ) doc? ( app-text/docbook-sgml-utils ) !build? ( >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2 sys-devel/make ) Candidates: ['sys-apps/sed', '>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2', 'sys-devel/make', '>=sys-devel/binutils-2.11.90.0.31'] ebuild: sys-apps/sed-4.1.4 binpkg: sys-apps/sed-4.1.4 \ebuild: sys-libs/ncurses-5.4.20050319 binpkg: sys-libs/ncurses-5.4.20050319 | Parent: binary / sys-libs/ncurses-5.4.20050319 merge Depstring: gpm? ( sys-libs/gpm ) Candidates: ['sys-libs/gpm'] ebuild: sys-libs/gpm-1.20.1-r4 binpkg: sys-libs/gpm-1.20.1-r4 /Exiting... binary / sys-libs/ncurses-5.4.20050319 merge ebuild: sys-devel/make-3.80-r2 binpkg: sys-devel/make-3.80-r2 - Parent: binary / sys-devel/make-3.80-r2 merge Depstring: ebuild: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r9 binpkg: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r9 \ Parent: binary / sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r9 merge Depstring: >=sys-devel/binutils-config-1.8 >=sys-devel/binutils-config-1.8 >=sys-devel/binutils-config-1.8 Candidates: ['>=sys-devel/binutils-config-1.8'] ebuild: sys-devel/binutils-config-1.8-r2 binpkg: sys-devel/binutils-config-1.8-r2 | Parent: binary / sys-devel/binutils-config-1.8-r2 merge Depstring: app-shells/bash Candidates: ['app-shells/bash'] ebuild: app-shells/bash-3.0-r11 binpkg: app-shells/bash-3.0-r11 / Parent: binary / app-shells/bash-3.0-r11 merge Depstring: Exiting... binary / sys-devel/binutils-config-1.8-r2 merge Exiting... binary / sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r9 merge Exiting... binary / sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.28-r8 merge Exiting... None ...done! [binary U ] sys-libs/ncurses-5.4.20050319 [5.4-r6] [binary U ] sys-devel/make-3.80-r2 [3.80-r1] [binary U ] app-shells/bash-3.0-r11 [3.0-r9] [binary U ] sys-devel/binutils-config-1.8-r2 [1.8-r1] [binary U ] sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r9 [2.15.92.0.2-r7] [binary N ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.28-r8
Personally, I'm for this change in behaviour. The only issue is that packages that are unmasked in PORTDIR, have a binary built for them and then remasked will not be downgraded when using --usepkg. At least, special handling will be needed to get this behaviour.
Not a bug.
