Bug 290691 – =dev-libs/boost-1.35.0-r5 is missing !!<=dev-libs/boost-1.35.0-r2

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Sebastian Luther (few) 2009-10-27 07:34:26 UTC]

Since =dev-libs/boost-1.35.0-r2 doesn't use eselect boost while -r5 does, -r5 has to block -r2. That means it needs the !!<=dev-libs/boost-1.35.0-r2 block that all newer versions have. That said, current stable portage 2.1.6.13 is going to ignore it (bug 270953, fixed in 2.1.7 and 2.2_rc34).

[Comment 1 Sebastian Luther (few) 2009-10-27 07:35:52 UTC]

*** Bug 290605 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 2 Sebastian Luther (few) 2009-10-27 22:14:24 UTC]

As pointed out by zmedico one could use something like 

has_version "<=dev-libs/boost-1.35.0-r2" && die "uninstall boost"

as a workaround for the stable portage version.

[Comment 3 Sebastian Luther (few) 2009-10-27 22:16:21 UTC]

*** Bug 290478 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 4 Sebastian Luther (few) 2009-10-30 09:28:48 UTC]

*** Bug 290957 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 5 Andrea 2009-10-31 12:33:38 UTC]

i haved not problem to upgrade my world when is showed this upgrade, if I remember good.
the only one problem is that i had to run "eselect boost set 1" because te are links breakages and in this case I've resolved the problem for openoffice rebuilding,

[Comment 6 Sebastian Luther (few) 2009-10-31 12:50:23 UTC]

(In reply to comment #5)
> the only one problem is that i had to run "eselect boost set 1" because te are
> links breakages and in this case I've resolved the problem for openoffice
> rebuilding,
> 

This should just work (at least if you installed boost with USE="eselect"). 

[Comment 7 Rafał Mużyło 2009-11-08 19:06:42 UTC]

*** Bug 292200 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 8 Sebastian Luther (few) 2009-11-09 10:49:34 UTC]

*** Bug 292429 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 9 Tiziano Müller (RETIRED) 2009-11-09 13:56:45 UTC]

(In reply to comment #0)
> Since =dev-libs/boost-1.35.0-r2 doesn't use eselect boost while -r5 does, -r5
> has to block -r2. That means it needs the !!<=dev-libs/boost-1.35.0-r2 block
> that all newer versions have. That said, current stable portage 2.1.6.13 is
> going to ignore it (bug 270953, fixed in 2.1.7 and 2.2_rc34).
> 

wrong. boost-1.35.0-r5 is in the same slot as boost-1.35.0-r2 so it replaces it completely (or it should at least). Blockers in the same slot are pure nonsense.

[Comment 10 Sebastian Luther (few) 2009-11-09 14:16:55 UTC]

It is needed to prevent portage-2.2 to preserve the old libs which prevent eselect from doing its job (that's where all those duplicates come from). The stuff from comment 2 is not needed, but the block is.

[Comment 11 Tiziano Müller (RETIRED) 2009-11-09 19:23:01 UTC]

(In reply to comment #10)
> It is needed to prevent portage-2.2 to preserve the old libs which prevent
> eselect from doing its job (that's where all those duplicates come from). The
> stuff from comment 2 is not needed, but the block is.
> 

I'm surely not adding stuff which makes no sense to work around the behaviour of one package manager.

[Comment 12 Sebastian Luther (few) 2009-11-09 19:34:36 UTC]

We are talking about gentoo's default package manager and annoyed users. There is no point in not having this block. All newer boost versions have it. So please fix.

[Comment 13 Mark Loeser (RETIRED) 2009-11-09 21:50:00 UTC]

Reopening to fix.

[Comment 14 Mark Loeser (RETIRED) 2009-11-09 21:50:12 UTC]

Added the blocker.  Thanks.