Re: [gentoo-dev] Blocking a specific package version

[Jason Stubbs <jasonbstubbs@mailandnews.com>]

On Thursday 21 August 2003 15:11, Patrick Kursawe wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 08:01:17AM +0200, Patrick Kursawe wrote:
> >         =media-libs/divx4linux-20020418*
> > 	!media-libs/divx4linux-2003*
> > (in both DEPEND and RDEPEND)
> >
> > which just makes nvrec downgrade divx4linux before it's installed, but
> > does not stop me from upgrading it afterwards (which breaks nvrec).
>
> Indeed it looks like adding a version to a blocked package just results
> in ignoring the line.
>
> (portage-2.0.48-r5)

First post on this list... just a lowly user... tell me to keep my nose out if 
necessary! ;-)

I recently updated to gcc 3.3 and was having a hard time as portage kept on 
wanting to downgrade it. Turned out that glibc-2.3.2-r1 wanted a lower 
version and I had to unmask glibc-2.3.2-r3 to keep gcc as it was. Point is 
glibc-2.3.2-r1 contains nothing gcc-related in RDEPEND and only the following 
in DEPEND:

=sys-devel/gcc-3.2*

Also using portage-2.0.48-r5. Makes me think it's something else causing it to 
not take notice of the dep.

Regards,
Jason


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