Bug 22707 – xfree automatically unmerged after emerging pysoulseek for no aparent reason

• Product: Portage Development
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Peter Lietz 2003-06-12 16:34:33 UTC]

I have set ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86". As I wanted to install pysoulseek I had two
options: do an ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge pysoulseek or do an emerge
pysoulseek-1.2.0-r2.ebuild in the apropriate dir. I did the latter, as that
variant installs less unstable packages. An emerge -p displayed the dependencies
and pysoulseek proper to be newly installed. After the actual emerge was done
installing pysoulseek and its dependencies, all over a sudden I saw xfree being
unmerged. I am startled how such a strange thing can possibly happen.

Reproducible: Didn't try
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge /usr/portage/net-p2p/pysoulseek/pysoulseek-1.2.0-r2.ebuild
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
afterpysoulseek was installed, xfree was unmerged and downgraded to xfree-3.4k-r1

Expected Results:  
no unmerging of xfree

my emerge.log.  The worrying bit is the unmerging xfree-4.3.0-r2. I remerged it
manually, afterwards.

1055448336: Started emerge on: Jun 12, 2003 22:05:36
1055448336:  *** emerge  pysoulseek-1.2.0-r2.ebuild
1055448336:  >>> emerge (1 of 7) dev-python/PyOpenGL-2.0.0.44 to /
1055448336:  === (1 of 7) Cleaning
(/usr/portage/dev-python/PyOpenGL/PyOpenGL-2.0.0.44.ebuild)
1055448336:  === (1 of 7) Compiling/Merging
(/usr/portage/dev-python/PyOpenGL/PyOpenGL-2.0.0.44.ebuild)
1055448418:  === (1 of 7) Post-Build Cleaning
(/usr/portage/dev-python/PyOpenGL/PyOpenGL-2.0.0.44.ebuild)
1055448418:  >>> AUTOCLEAN: dev-python/PyOpenGL
1055448418:  --- AUTOCLEAN: Nothing unmerged.
1055448418:  ::: completed emerge (1 of 7) dev-python/PyOpenGL-2.0.0.44 to /
1055448418:  >>> emerge (2 of 7) dev-db/unixODBC-2.0.6 to /
1055448418:  === (2 of 7) Cleaning
(/usr/portage/dev-db/unixODBC/unixODBC-2.0.6.ebuild)
1055448418:  === (2 of 7) Compiling/Merging
(/usr/portage/dev-db/unixODBC/unixODBC-2.0.6.ebuild)
1055448741:  === (2 of 7) Post-Build Cleaning
(/usr/portage/dev-db/unixODBC/unixODBC-2.0.6.ebuild)
1055448742:  >>> AUTOCLEAN: dev-db/unixODBC
1055448742:  --- AUTOCLEAN: Nothing unmerged.
1055448742:  ::: completed emerge (2 of 7) dev-db/unixODBC-2.0.6 to /
1055448742:  >>> emerge (3 of 7) x11-libs/wxGTK-2.4.0 to /
1055448742:  === (3 of 7) Cleaning (/usr/portage/x11-libs/wxGTK/wxGTK-2.4.0.ebuild)
1055448744:  === (3 of 7) Compiling/Merging
(/usr/portage/x11-libs/wxGTK/wxGTK-2.4.0.ebuild)
1055449367:  === (3 of 7) Post-Build Cleaning
(/usr/portage/x11-libs/wxGTK/wxGTK-2.4.0.ebuild)
1055449368:  >>> AUTOCLEAN: x11-libs/wxGTK
1055449368:  --- AUTOCLEAN: Nothing unmerged.
1055449368:  ::: completed emerge (3 of 7) x11-libs/wxGTK-2.4.0 to /
1055449368:  >>> emerge (4 of 7) dev-python/wxPython-2.4.0.2 to /
1055449368:  === (4 of 7) Cleaning
(/usr/portage/dev-python/wxPython/wxPython-2.4.0.2.ebuild)
1055449368:  === (4 of 7) Compiling/Merging
(/usr/portage/dev-python/wxPython/wxPython-2.4.0.2.ebuild)
1055450084:  === (4 of 7) Post-Build Cleaning
(/usr/portage/dev-python/wxPython/wxPython-2.4.0.2.ebuild)
1055450084:  >>> AUTOCLEAN: dev-python/wxPython
1055450084:  --- AUTOCLEAN: Nothing unmerged.
1055450084:  ::: completed emerge (4 of 7) dev-python/wxPython-2.4.0.2 to /
1055450084:  >>> emerge (5 of 7) media-libs/pyogg-1.1 to /
1055450084:  === (5 of 7) Cleaning (/usr/portage/media-libs/pyogg/pyogg-1.1.ebuild)
1055450085:  === (5 of 7) Compiling/Merging
(/usr/portage/media-libs/pyogg/pyogg-1.1.ebuild)
1055450089:  === (5 of 7) Post-Build Cleaning
(/usr/portage/media-libs/pyogg/pyogg-1.1.ebuild)
1055450089:  >>> AUTOCLEAN: media-libs/pyogg
1055450089:  --- AUTOCLEAN: Nothing unmerged.
1055450089:  ::: completed emerge (5 of 7) media-libs/pyogg-1.1 to /
1055450089:  >>> emerge (6 of 7) media-libs/pyvorbis-1.1 to /
1055450089:  === (6 of 7) Cleaning
(/usr/portage/media-libs/pyvorbis/pyvorbis-1.1.ebuild)
1055450089:  === (6 of 7) Compiling/Merging
(/usr/portage/media-libs/pyvorbis/pyvorbis-1.1.ebuild)
1055450093:  === (6 of 7) Post-Build Cleaning
(/usr/portage/media-libs/pyvorbis/pyvorbis-1.1.ebuild)
1055450093:  >>> AUTOCLEAN: media-libs/pyvorbis
1055450093:  --- AUTOCLEAN: Nothing unmerged.
1055450093:  ::: completed emerge (6 of 7) media-libs/pyvorbis-1.1 to /
1055450093:  >>> emerge (7 of 7) net-p2p/pysoulseek-1.2.0-r2 to /
1055450093:  === (7 of 7) Cleaning
(/usr/portage/net-p2p/pysoulseek/pysoulseek-1.2.0-r2.ebuild)
1055450093:  === (7 of 7) Compiling/Merging
(/usr/portage/net-p2p/pysoulseek/pysoulseek-1.2.0-r2.ebuild)
1055450097:  === (7 of 7) Post-Build Cleaning
(/usr/portage/net-p2p/pysoulseek/pysoulseek-1.2.0-r2.ebuild)
1055450097:  >>> AUTOCLEAN: net-p2p/pysoulseek
1055450097:  --- AUTOCLEAN: Nothing unmerged.
1055450097:  ::: completed emerge (7 of 7) net-p2p/pysoulseek-1.2.0-r2 to /
1055450097:  *** Finished. Cleaning up...
1055450102: === Unmerging... (x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r2)
1055450314:  >>> unmerge success: x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r2
1055450314:  *** exiting successfully.
1055450314:  *** terminating.
1055450328: Started emerge on: Jun 12, 2003 22:38:48
1055450328:  *** emerge  search xfree
1055450329:  *** terminating.
1055450373:  *** terminating.
1055450379:  *** terminating.
1055450440:  *** terminating.
1055450448: Started emerge on: Jun 12, 2003 22:40:48
1055450448:  *** emerge  xfree
1055450448:  >>> emerge (1 of 1) x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r2 to /
1055450448:  === (1 of 1) Cleaning
(/usr/portage/x11-base/xfree/xfree-4.3.0-r2.ebuild)
1055450448:  === (1 of 1) Compiling/Merging
(/usr/portage/x11-base/xfree/xfree-4.3.0-r2.ebuild)
1055454105:  === (1 of 1) Updating world file
(/usr/portage/x11-base/xfree/xfree-4.3.0-r2.ebuild)
1055454105:  === (1 of 1) Post-Build Cleaning
(/usr/portage/x11-base/xfree/xfree-4.3.0-r2.ebuild)
1055454120:  >>> AUTOCLEAN: x11-base/xfree
1055454125: === Unmerging... (x11-base/xfree-3.4k-r1)
1055454129:  >>> unmerge success: x11-base/xfree-3.4k-r1
1055454129:  ::: completed emerge (1 of 1) x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r2 to /
1055454129:  *** Finished. Cleaning up...
1055454133:  *** exiting successfully.

[Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2003-06-12 16:51:05 UTC]

actually, xfree is still on your system happily doing its thing. What happened was that media-libs was removed from the tree as xfree itself provides that set of libraries.  Hence media-libs/xpm-3.4k-r1 was "moved" to xfree

So the clean up was of the renamed xpm-3.4k-r1 as you can see/

[Comment 2 Peter Lietz 2003-06-13 00:30:40 UTC]

Thanks for the prompt answer! There are just three things I don't understand:

1. If xfree-4.3.0-r2 was still installed after the pysoulseek install (and before I remerged it), why did emerge -s xfree show x11-base/xfree-3.4k-r1 then?

2.Why did emerge -up xfree propose an upgrade from x11-base/xfree-3.4k-r1 to xfree-4.3.0-r2? 

3. What is x11-base/xfree-3.4k-r1 anyway? There is no ebuild of that name.

If you find the time, I'd be greatful for an explanation or a pointer to such.

ps: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=60192 deals with a related problem.

[Comment 3 Peter Lietz 2003-06-13 06:21:32 UTC]

more people have this problem as seen on the forum and, according to them, xfree is actually removed, so this is a major bug. I'm therefore reopening it.

[Comment 4 Zhen Lin 2003-06-14 01:15:07 UTC]

I think this bug qualifies as critical or blocker.

Is there any reason why portage insists that media-libs/xpm is now x11-base/xfree ? It does not appear in any of the /usr/portage/profile/updates .

For the time being, the problem seems to be worked-around. Also, why is the dummy xpm ebuild all-out unstable?

[Comment 5 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2003-06-14 15:50:46 UTC]

this was a bit of a snafu --- xpm was deprecated from the tree and the move code worked a little better than I expected :/  it's been removed, since then (the move directive) but I'm afraid xfree will have to be remerged

[Comment 6 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2003-07-02 09:19:04 UTC]

closing as the issue is nothing that can be done about at this point -- it hit a few users -- and my apologies for that.