Bug 440556 – sys-apps/util-linux-2.21.2: some elog messages should only be shown when upgrading from an old enough package.

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description poletti.marco 2012-10-31 11:29:24 UTC]

Disclaimer: this bug has been filed in a semi-automated manner.

When emerging the package sys-apps/util-linux-2.21.2, the following elog messages are displayed:

 * The agetty util now clears the terminal by default.  You
 * might want to add --noclear to your /etc/inittab lines.

Such messages should only be displayed when the package is upgraded from an old enough package (and possibly for new installs).
These situations can be checked in the ebuild as follows:

if has_version '<sys-apps/util-linux-1.0'; then

Or, if the message should also be displayed for new installs:

if !has_version 'sys-apps/util-linux' || has_version '<sys-apps/util-linux-1.0'; then

Remember to replace 1.0 with the right version number.

See the tracker bug 440214 for more details.

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2013-09-29 01:21:12 UTC]

been fixed at some point:
pkg_postinst() {
    if [[ -z ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ]]; then
        elog "The agetty util now clears the terminal by default. You"
        elog "might want to add --noclear to your /etc/inittab lines."
    fi
}