db / # cat /etc/portage/package.mask >dev-db/mysql-4.1.999 >virtual/mysql-4.1.999 db / # emerge dev-db/mysql -pKv |grep -v '^$' These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies ........ done! [binary U ] dev-db/mysql-5.0.26-r1 [4.1.22] USE="berkdb perl static -big-tables -cluster -debug -embedded -extraengine -latin1 -max-idx-128% -minimal -selinux -srvdir -ssl (-raid%)" Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 0 kB db / # emerge dev-db/mysql -pkv |grep -v '^$' These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies ........ done! [binary R ] dev-db/mysql-4.1.22 USE="berkdb perl static -big-tables -cluster -debug -embedded -extraengine -latin1 -minimal -raid -selinux -srvdir -ssl" Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB db / # ls /usr/portage/packages/All/mysql* -l -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27134666 Dec 29 06:46 /usr/portage/packages/All/mysql-4.1.22.tbz2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29005249 Dec 29 04:32 /usr/portage/packages/All/mysql-5.0.26-r1.tbz2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15860982 Dec 29 05:36 /usr/portage/packages/All/mysql-community-5.0.27.tbz2
Looks like dupe of Bug 149816
Indeed, it is. Binary package visibility is currently a hack on top of ebuild visibility. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 149816 ***
