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Bug 440586

Summary: sys-fs/squashfs-tools-4.2: some elog messages should only be shown when upgrading from an old enough package.
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: poletti.marco
Component: [OLD] Core systemAssignee: Gentoo LiveCD Package Maintainers <livecd>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 440214    

Description poletti.marco 2012-10-31 11:29:40 UTC
Disclaimer: this bug has been filed in a semi-automated manner.

When emerging the package sys-fs/squashfs-tools-4.2, the following elog messages are displayed:

 * This version of mksquashfs requires a 2.6.29 kernel or better
 * XZ support requires a 2.6.38 kernel or better

Such messages should only be displayed when the package is upgraded from an old enough package (and possibly for new installs).
These situations can be checked in the ebuild as follows:

if has_version '<sys-fs/squashfs-tools-1.0'; then

Or, if the message should also be displayed for new installs:

if !has_version 'sys-fs/squashfs-tools' || has_version '<sys-fs/squashfs-tools-1.0'; then

Remember to replace 1.0 with the right version number.

See the tracker bug 440214 for more details.
Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2015-03-05 08:04:47 UTC
I simply removed the messages in 4.3.