Bug 63218 – Update from KDE 3.2.3 to 3.3.0 shows up as new installation

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: VERIFIED INVALID

[Description Ernst de Haan 2004-09-08 05:00:37 UTC]

When I pretend upgrading from KDE 3.2.3 to 3.3.0, it seems emerge treats this as a new installation instead of an upgrade. This means stale files could be left behind if I proceed with an actual ebuild.

This shows the issue:

bash-2.05b# emerge --pretend kde kdebase kdelibs

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild   R   ] kde-base/kde-3.2.3
[ebuild     U ] kde-base/kdebase-3.2.3-r1 [3.2.3]
[ebuild   R   ] kde-base/kdelibs-3.2.3-r2

bash-2.05b# ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge --pretend kde

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[blocks B     ] <=app-crypt/gpgme-0.3.14 (from pkg app-crypt/gpgme-0.9.0-r1)
[ebuild  N    ] net-dns/libidn-0.5.4
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/arts-1.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdeaccessibility-3.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] dev-libs/libgpg-error-1.0
[ebuild  N    ] dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.2.0-r1
[ebuild  N    ] app-crypt/gpgme-0.9.0-r1
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdepim-3.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdebase-3.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdegraphics-3.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdewebdev-3.3.0-r1
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdeartwork-3.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdeutils-3.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdenetwork-3.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] media-libs/libao-0.8.5
[ebuild  N    ] media-sound/vorbis-tools-1.0.1
[ebuild  N    ] media-libs/musicbrainz-2.1.1
[ebuild  N    ] media-libs/tunepimp-0.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdemultimedia-3.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdeaddons-3.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdeedu-3.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdegames-3.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdetoys-3.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdeadmin-3.3.0
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kde-3.3.0

Should it not say 'U' instead of 'N' ?

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:





bash-2.05b# emerge info 
Portage 2.0.50-r10 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 
2.6.5-gentoo-r1) 
================================================================= 
System uname: 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) 
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" 
AUTOCLEAN="yes" 
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer" 
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" 
COMPILER="" 
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" 
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" 
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer" 
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" 
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" 
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ 
http://gentoo.tiscali.nl/gentoo/ 
http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ 
http://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/pub/gentoo/" 
MAKEOPTS="-j2" 
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" 
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" 
PORTDIR="/usr/portage" 
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" 
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" 
USE="X alsa apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups directfb encode foomaticdb gdbm gif 
gimpprint gpm gtk2 imlib java jikes jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx 
motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds 
qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd truetype x86 xinerama xml2 
xmms xv zlib"

[Comment 1 Simone Gotti (RETIRED) 2004-09-08 05:29:01 UTC]

This is a normal behavior and not a bug, because the ebuild of kde-3.2 and kde-3.3 have 2 different slots so you can install and use them at the same time. Take a look at the gentoo docs about how portage works and here:
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/index.xml

[Comment 2 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2004-09-08 10:23:15 UTC]

it's SLOT'd which means that the behaviour is as expected -- the KDE team for Gentoo has fashioned the ebuilds in such a way as to allow multiple versions to be installed simultaneously

[Comment 3 Caleb Tennis (RETIRED) 2004-09-08 11:58:40 UTC]

yep, normal behavior.

[Comment 4 Ernst de Haan 2004-09-09 00:44:40 UTC]

Indeed a very nice approach! I've moved from FreeBSD (with the FreeBSD Ports Collection) to Gentoo Linux, and Gentoo really has the more advanced of the two ports systems.