Hi all, I synced today and emerge -uD world shows a lot of gnome packages to update: emerge -uD world -pv These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gcc-config-1.3.11 [1.3.10-r2] 0 kB [ebuild U ] x11-misc/shared-mime-info-0.16 [0.14-r2] 735 kB [ebuild U ] dev-libs/atk-1.9.1 [1.8.0-r1] -debug -doc -static 472 kB [ebuild U ] x11-libs/gtk+-2.6.7 [2.6.4-r1] -debug -doc +jpeg -static -tiff 11,174 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/gconf-2.10.0 [2.8.1-r1] -debug -doc 1,693 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.10.0-r2 [2.8.4-r1] -debug -doc -gnutls -hal -howl -ipv6 -samba +ssl 1,856 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/libglade-2.5.0 [2.4.2] -debug -doc 310 kB [ebuild N ] gnome-base/gnome-menus-2.10.0 -debug 329 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/libgnomecanvas-2.10.0 [2.8.0] -debug -doc 562 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/libgnome-2.10.0 [2.8.1] -debug -doc 850 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/gnome-keyring-0.4.2 [0.4.1] -debug 360 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/libgnomeui-2.10.0 [2.8.1-r1] -debug -doc +jpeg 1,613 kB [ebuild U ] x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme-2.10.0 [2.8.0] -debug 2,835 kB [ebuild U ] x11-themes/gtk-engines-2.6.3 [2.2.0] 458 kB [ebuild N ] x11-themes/gnome-themes-2.10.0 -accessibility -debug 2,509 kB [ebuild NS ] app-text/docbook-xml-simple-dtd-1.0 30 kB [ebuild U ] app-text/docbook-sgml-utils-0.6.14 [0.6.12] -tetex 122 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/gnome-desktop-2.10.0 [2.8.3] -debug 1,076 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/eel-2.10.0 [2.8.2] -debug 650 kB [ebuild U ] net-print/libgnomecups-0.2.0 [0.1.14] -debug 303 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/libgnomeprint-2.10.0 [2.8.2] +cups -debug -doc 706 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/libgnomeprintui-2.10.0.1 [2.8.2] -debug -doc 610 kB [ebuild U ] x11-libs/gtksourceview-1.2.0 [1.1.1] -debug -doc 862 kB [ebuild U ] app-editors/gedit-2.10.0 [2.8.3] -debug +spell 3,024 kB [ebuild U ] x11-libs/libwnck-2.10.0 [2.8.1-r1] -debug -doc 409 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/librsvg-2.9.5 [2.8.1-r1] -debug -doc +gnome +zlib 383 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/nautilus-2.10.0 [2.8.2-r1] -debug -flac -gstreamer +mad +oggvorbis 5,760 kB [ebuild U ] x11-libs/vte-0.11.12 [0.11.11-r2] -debug -doc -python 925 kB [ebuild U ] x11-terms/gnome-terminal-2.10.0 [2.8.2] -debug 2,279 kB [ebuild U ] x11-libs/libxklavier-2.0 [1.04-r1] -doc 425 kB [ebuild U ] x11-wm/metacity-2.10.0 [2.8.13] -debug -xinerama 1,543 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/control-center-2.10.0 [2.8.2] +alsa -debug -gstreamer 2,556 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/gnome-session-2.10.0 [2.8.1] -debug -ipv6 778 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/gnome-panel-2.10.0 [2.8.3] -debug -doc -eds 3,012 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-extra/gcalctool-5.5.41 [4.4.22] -debug 1,018 kB [ebuild U ] gnome-base/gdm-2.6.0.9-r2 [2.6.0.9] -debug -ipv6 -pam (-selinux) -tcpd -xinerama 0 kB [ebuild U ] app-text/gpdf-2.10.0 [2.8.3] -debug 1,054 kB Total size of downloads: 53,298 kB The thing is that gnome-light is still at the old version: emerge gnome-light -pv These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] x11-themes/gtk-engines-2.6.3 [2.2.0] 458 kB [ebuild N ] x11-themes/gnome-themes-2.10.0 -accessibility -debug 2,509 kB [ebuild R ] gnome-base/gnome-light-2.8.1 0 kB Total size of downloads: 2,967 kB So I didn't upgrade at all, yet. Will a new meta ebuild for gnome-light been added soon? Thank you Sebastian Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. emerge info Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11.10 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11.10 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, May 5 2005, 13:34:23)] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.5, 1.8.5-r3, 1.6.3, 1.4_p6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -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/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="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/data/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo" LINGUAS="de" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowext X a52 alsa crypt cups dvd dvdread foomaticdb gnome gtk gtk2 ithreads jpeg mad mmx mmxext ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl png ppds readline rtc spell sse ssl threads truetype truetype-fonts userlocales vorbis xv xvid zlib linguas_de userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
the meta packages don't have to be in sync with the tree state. If you don't want this, don't use --deep . gnome-light will be marked stable soon, when the last few issues have been ironed out.