Bug 101922 – Suggestion: remove version specific packages in profiles

• Product: Portage Development
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Adam Jannetta 2005-08-09 17:55:17 UTC]

I think the version specific packages should be removed from the profiles so
when doing a stage 1 install the system will bootstrap the latest stable
packages.  For example, in /profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.1/packages there are
version specific  packages which are outdated and get bootstrapped unless
changed to newer versions.  My systems still bootstrap successfully when using
the latest stable versions. Correct me if they're like this for a reason.  I'm
not sure what the behavior is on arch's other than x86.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Do a stage 1 install.
2.Watch bootstrap.sh emerge older packages than the ones that are currently stable
3.Try removing version information in the packages file of your profile.
4.Bootstrap again and watch newer versions be compiled.

Actual Results:  
The system still bootstrapped successfully.

[Comment 1 Alec Warner (RETIRED) 2005-08-09 18:00:20 UTC]

Not sure who this goes to...but it's not a portage bug.

[Comment 2 SpanKY 2005-08-09 18:01:29 UTC]

the versioned packages should be fine, no idea what you're talking about really

[Comment 3 Adam Jannetta 2005-08-09 20:57:26 UTC]

When a user goes and bootstraps their system the latest stable versions of the
packages aren't installed.  Instead, the ones specified in the packages file are.

[Comment 4 SpanKY 2005-08-09 21:05:51 UTC]

that doesnt make any sense, the version strings are '>=' which means everything
newer or equal to that version should be utilized

[Comment 5 Adam Jannetta 2005-08-12 15:16:37 UTC]

Well when I bootstrap my systems, the versions that are installed are the ones
listed in the packages file even though >= is used.

[Comment 6 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-11-03 07:56:40 UTC]

Really?

inertia 2005.1 # cat packages | grep binutils
>=sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.3-r4
inertia 2005.1 # pwd
/mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.1

inertia log # cat emerge.log | grep binutils
1131021567:  *** emerge  virtual/os-headers sys-apps/texinfo gettext
>=sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.3-r4 >=sys-devel/gcc-3.3.4-r1 virtual/libc
>=sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.12-r4 sys-libs/zlib
1131022034:  >>> emerge (4 of 8) sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r10 to /
1131022034:  === (4 of 8) Cleaning
(sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r10::/usr/portage/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r10.ebuild)
1131022035:  === (4 of 8) Compiling/Merging
(sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r10::/usr/portage/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r10.ebuild)
inertia log # pwd
/mnt/gentoo/var/log

Looks to me like portage is using the latest stable version.