From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PIhaj-0002UF-If for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:58:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C34C7E0977; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:58:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f53.google.com (mail-ew0-f53.google.com [209.85.215.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B807E0977 for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:58:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy10 with SMTP id 10so1201608ewy.40 for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:58:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=TAhfUwQunJ81ANO9QuLmD0zaIJ5EsRCuGs8cnaSGr7c=; b=nZ1D2PfANEPzGjpH+ErFQRfEPVI2GkNZVY6thXa2VyKHTxCOpMQ6p8CrRDjTWRu4nu TOB2oTBYBLIyjBavJQYGhHDSToWX7xBOR6MfYbAR6iILyP/loNdubnQj+9nnynOo4vAB sins+52aMFgaZqBsZkmxaD5MA2Ww+7z8ZHC5Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=Ua1/+meVWUffLlpm0B+zeaXzSonLSgyaq7burAwMkDigxc8yqj2cPgZmYmhxFIGjUb Ap2VlSLD+C7FwwX9iz7PgwypdhJRBjlX4Z4qfmJ47dGlzFL5YTDFPEhsht8PCmLy3sjd A8mRMbgSDsVMS2s+FYjkBml7vbfvQAvb46OoA= Received: by 10.213.16.72 with SMTP id n8mr2011206eba.38.1289998684426; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:58:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from nazgul.localnet (dustpuppy.is.co.za [196.14.169.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q58sm2251846eeh.9.2010.11.17.04.58.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:58:02 -0800 (PST) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why portage downgrade? Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:58:31 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.36-ck; KDE/4.5.3; x86_64; ; ) Cc: covici@ccs.covici.com References: <4824.1289997001@ccs.covici.com> In-Reply-To: <4824.1289997001@ccs.covici.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201011171458.32078.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 4b2285d0-a723-465f-ac86-44a18494a575 X-Archives-Hash: 646a0ce769e1d1d3438b1cff2a665951 Apparently, though unproven, at 14:30 on Wednesday 17 November 2010, covici@ccs.covici.com did opine thusly: > I currently am using unstable gentoo and have 2.2.0_alpha1. Now if I > obey instructions, portage will be downgraded to 2.1.9.24. I really > prefer the 2.2 series unless something has gone very wrong, why is this > happening and how can I prevent this? > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. The answer you seek is all in $PORTDIR/profiles/Changelog -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com