Had this same behavior happen on two of my boxes running mythfrontend-0.18: 1. emerge sync 2. emerge -puD world <snip> Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/2Q-2005 (Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.) .='update pass' *='binary update' @='/var/db move' s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update /etc/portage/package.*' ............................................................................@p. * IMPORTANT: 1 config files in /etc need updating. * Type emerge --help config to learn how to update config files. These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] dev-libs/elfutils-0.108 [0.94-r2] [ebuild N ] net-libs/gecko-sdk-1.7.5 [ebuild U ] net-www/mplayerplug-in-2.80 [2.66] [ebuild U ] dev-perl/Test-Simple-0.54 [0.47-r1] [ebuild U ] sys-apps/eject-2.0.13-r1 [2.0.13] [ebuild U ] net-libs/wvstreams-4.0.2 [4.0.1-r2] [ebuild N ] dev-db/sqlite-2.8.16-r1 [ebuild UD] x11-libs/qt-3.3.3 [3.3.4-r3] [ebuild UD] media-tv/mythtv-0.16 [0.18-r1] laptop root # emerge -puD mythfrontend These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [blocks B ] media-tv/mythtv (is blocking media-tv/mythfrontend-0.18-r1) [ebuild N ] media-tv/mythfrontend-0.18-r1 laptop root # But, I never installed media-tv/mythtv on these boxes, as shown by genlop: laptop root # genlop -t mythtv ecount: 0 !!! Error: no merge found for 'mythtv' laptop root # genlop -t mythfrontend * media-tv/mythfrontend Tue Apr 26 16:48:16 2005 >>> media-tv/mythfrontend-0.18 merge time: 16 minutes and 14 seconds. Tue Apr 26 18:25:40 2005 >>> media-tv/mythfrontend-0.18 merge time: 9 minutes and 42 seconds. Tue Apr 26 19:36:03 2005 >>> media-tv/mythfrontend-0.18 merge time: 9 minutes and 16 seconds. Thu May 12 21:54:19 2005 >>> media-tv/mythfrontend-0.18-r1 merge time: 28 minutes and 23 seconds. laptop root # etc-update wants to do this: <snip> Showing differences between /etc/portage/package.keywords and /etc/portage/._cfg 0000_package.keywords --- /etc/portage/package.keywords 2005-05-04 15:54:29.000000000 -0700 +++ /etc/portage/._cfg0000_package.keywords 2005-05-22 20:38:19.000000000 -0 700 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ media-video/usb-pwcx ~x86 media-libs/freetype ~x86 media-libs/svgalib ~x86 -media-tv/mythfrontend ~x86 +media-tv/mythtv ~x86 net-dialup/ltmodem ~x86 net-analyzer/libnasl ~x86 net-analyzer/nessus ~x86 Is the old mythfrontend ebuild now deprecated, or something? Should I only use the mythtv ebuild from now on on backends and frontends? I checked the ChangeLogs and there's no mention of anything that should trigger this behavior, so I'm kinda lost as to what to do. What's really troubling is how it appears that mythfrontend is now *gone* from my systems, from Portage's perspective, but it was never un-emerged... 8| Thanks. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. (see above) 2. 3. Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.200 40808-r1,glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Python: dev-lang/python-2.1.3-r1,dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r5,dev-lang/ python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Apr 29 2005, 11:03:15)] distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.1.3-r1, 2.2.3-r5, 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r7 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -fprefetch-loop-arrays -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X1 1/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -fprefetch-loop-arrays -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distcc distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.ccccom.com http:// gentoo.eliteitminds.com" MAKEOPTS="-j24" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/opt/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://homeserver-02/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X acpi acpi4linux alsa apache2 apm avi bash-completion berkdb cdparanoi a crypt cups dga divx4linux dv dvd dvdread escreen ethereal fam fbcon ffmpeg fla c font-server gd gd-external gdbm gif gpm graphviz gs gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hardenedphp imap imlib irda java joystick jp2 jpeg jpeg2k kerberos krb4 ldap li ve lzo lzw-tiff maildir matroska mcal mdb mmx mmx2 mng motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mp eg2 mpeg4 mpi mssql mysql mythtv ncurses net network nls nocd nptl nptlonly offe nsive ogg oggvorbis opengl oro oss pam pcap pcmcia perl php png pnp postgres ppd s python readline real rtc ruby samba sdl slang slp snmp sockets socks5 spell sq lite sse ssl svga theora threads tidy tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts u nicode usb v4l v4l2 vim-with-x wxwindows xchattext xine xinerama xml xml2 xmms x osd xv xvid xvmc yahoo yv12 zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
When there's a question.... hey... let's just file a bug!! Rather then ask somewhere... or hey... even look @ the moves file to see it's true... Notice the new USE flag for mythtv... frontendonly... hey... there's your answer. In plain English, YES.
Hey, I was wondering about this as well. I'm sure there are others. No need to be pissy about this. The reporter wasn't confrontational. Just inquisitive.