this error happens on metacity but not other.. gentoo root # emerge -p metacity These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] x11-wm/metacity-2.4.55 [2.5.3-r1] this should be "UD" not "U" since 2.5.3-r1 is newer than 2.4.55 right? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
no idea where you got 2.5.3-r1 since it isnt in cvs and/or the current rsync of the portage tree buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut ... imo this isnt a bug: 2.4.55 is the latest STABLE version of metacity at some point you upgrade to 2.5.3-r1 so now portage is trying to 'downgrade' to the latest stable ...
it is from breakmygentoo.net..... anyway if it downgrade, so it would be "UD" not "U".....
Hi, I can not prove this (because I don't have the ebuild from breakmygentoo, and I didn't find it there) but I think maybe: * metacity 2.5.3-r1 is in the 2.5 slot and * metacity 2.4.55 is in the 2.4 slot so the output from portage is correct. it will only *upgrade* the 2.4 version to the new 2.4.55. Your 2.5.3-r1 version will not be touched.
yes, i know that it's a 'downgrade' because 2.5 is newer than 2.4 metacity is not SLOT-ed so that wouldnt apply here the reason i dont think it's a bug persay is that portage is upgrading you to the latest STABLE version ... for example: a package has the current portage stable of 1.0 you make a new stable of 1.1 you sync and lose the 1.1, thus the latest stable is 1.0 portage is going to 'upgrade' you to 1.0 ... i like this because if a newer STABLE is broken and a developer wants to push the older out but can't really -r bump because the next -r is UNSTABLE, he could just remove the current -r and all users of STABLE would upgrade to it
Spanky, I think you're on the wrong track, the recent sylpheed and sylpheed-claws downgrades were displayed as downgrades. Did anyone check the BMG ebuilds for SLOT maybe it's broken on their side. We really need a SLOT change indicator for emerge -p, even if it's only a quick workaround until the real solution is integrated.
> We really need a SLOT change indicator for emerge -p, even if it's only a quick > workaround until the real solution is integrated. Oh yes, please... The current "emerge -p" output in case of slotted pkgs raises several topics per day on forums, so there is obviously something to improve here, even if it is only a cosmetic issue. I've attached a patch to bug #18608 which fixes it.
then since it's a SLOT issue this bug is a dup *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 18608 ***
