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From: Torsten Veller <tove@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Need to mask non-visible packages in package.mask?
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:17:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081229195554.TA0cd23.tv@veller.net> (raw)

Some time ago (31 Oct 2008) I renamed 
perl-core/File-Spec-3.2701 to perl-core/File-Spec-3.27.01
by adding the new file and removing the other.

I expected portage to do an downgrade.

It didn't.

I realised it when i got this bug <https://bugs.gentoo.org/248178>
and after joining #-portage I add a mask for a non-existing package to
package.mask.

Today I was CC'ed to https://bugs.gentoo.org/105016 because "package.mask
contains invalid entries".

In the meantime another bug was filed about portage "doesn't attempt to
downgrade packages on keyword changes..." <https://bugs.gentoo.org/252167>
with a fix.


I am confused. Will portage warn about the downgrade now and forever?



             reply	other threads:[~2008-12-29 19:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-29 19:17 Torsten Veller [this message]
2008-12-29 19:58 ` [gentoo-dev] Need to mask non-visible packages in package.mask? Zac Medico

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