Bug 152488 – package.mask incorrectly masks app-arch/tar

• Status: VERIFIED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Anton Kuzmin 2006-10-23 03:15:58 UTC]

In /etc/portage/package.mask:
...
>=app-arch/tar-1.16
...

localhost anton # emerge -up world

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating world dependencies... done!
[ebuild     U ] dev-db/mysql-5.0.26-r1 [5.0.26] 
[ebuild     UD] app-arch/tar-1.15.1-r1 [1.15.92-r1]

[Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-10-23 03:19:30 UTC]

So remove it? You did stick it there yourself... :P

[Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-10-23 03:22:24 UTC]

*** Bug 152490 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 3 Anton Kuzmin 2006-10-23 03:24:37 UTC]

You don't understand :)
I don't want 1.16 so I masked it.

My current version is 1.15.92-r1

However, portage suggests to downgrade when 1.15.92-r1 isn't masked in package.mask

[Comment 4 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-10-23 03:27:09 UTC]

Of course, because the only available versions are 1.15.1-r1 and 1.16 (which you've masked for yourself).

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3

INVALID.

[Comment 5 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-10-23 03:27:25 UTC]

Closing.