Bug 368521

Summary:	app-admin/syslog-ng-3.2.4 fails to build with dev-libs/eventlog <0.2.12
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Weonbin <timid3000>
Component:	[OLD] Library	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Weonbin 2011-05-24 05:28:20 UTC

Attempting to build the new version of syslog-ng with an old dev-libs/eventlog will fail :

configure: error: Package requirements (eventlog >= 0.2.12) were not met:

Requested 'eventlog >= 0.2.12' but version of EventLog is 0.2.7

Requesting >=0.2.12 instead of 0.2 in the syslog ebuild fixes it

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-05-24 06:14:32 UTC

eventlog-0.2.7 hasn't been in portage since Jan 2009.  Your tree is just too old to reasonably expect things to work.

Comment 2 Weonbin 2011-05-24 06:21:21 UTC

Well I'm not used to reinstall the whole system every 6 months ... beside that problem, the update went on pretty normally.

The problem here is clearly with the ebuild which does not specifies a correct minimum version. Other persons may be in my case too so why not to fix it ?

Comment 3 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-05-24 06:57:15 UTC

If your tree is up-to-date, the fact that 0.2.7 is no longer in the tree will cause portage to tree it as masked.  We're not talking about six months; we're talking about years out of date.  Just update your portage tree.

Comment 4 Weonbin 2011-05-24 09:20:56 UTC

My portage tree was synced this morning and my portage is up to date ...
The problem is that the eventlog version installed on my system was judged to be sufficient because of the syslog-ng ebuild, so portage didn't triggered the update.