[gentoo-user] Inconsistency in portage automake package versioning

[gentoo-user] Inconsistency in portage automake package versioning

[Gevisz]

In today's system update I was advised to update sys-devel/automake
from version 1.11.6 to version 1.11.6-r1. However, just after the
update the system reported that sys-devel/automake has version 1.13.4.

Is it only me who think that something is wrong here?

The commands and their output is given below. 

# emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=90 --ask world

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild     U  ] sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1 [1.11.6]

Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] y
...
>>> Installing (1 of 1) sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1
>>> Auto-cleaning packages...

>>> No outdated packages were found on your system.

 * Regenerating GNU info directory index...
 * Processed 148 info files.
 * After world updates, it is important to remove obsolete packages with
 * emerge --depclean. Refer to `man emerge` for more information.


# emerge --search automake
Searching...    
[ Results for search key : automake ]
[ Applications found : 2 ]

*  sys-devel/automake
      Latest version available: 1.13.4
      Latest version installed: 1.13.4
      Size of files: 1,415 kB
      Homepage:      http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
      Description:   Used to generate Makefile.in from Makefile.am
      License:       GPL-2

*  sys-devel/automake-wrapper
      Latest version available: 9
      Latest version installed: 9
      Size of files: 0 kB
      Homepage:      http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description:   wrapper for automake to manage multiple automake versions
      License:       GPL-2

Re: [gentoo-user] Inconsistency in portage automake package versioning

[Michael Orlitzky]

On 11/17/2014 04:29 PM, Gevisz wrote:
> In today's system update I was advised to update sys-devel/automake
> from version 1.11.6 to version 1.11.6-r1. However, just after the
> update the system reported that sys-devel/automake has version 1.13.4.
> 
> Is it only me who think that something is wrong here?

You have both installed, 1.13.4 is just the latest. Give eix a try, it
will make your life better. In this case equery also works:

  $ equery l automake
   * Searching for automake ...
  [IP-] [  ] sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1:1.11
  [IP-] [  ] sys-devel/automake-1.13.4:1.13

Re: [gentoo-user] Inconsistency in portage automake package versioning

[Gevisz]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:46:48 -0500 Michael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On 11/17/2014 04:29 PM, Gevisz wrote:
> > In today's system update I was advised to update sys-devel/automake
> > from version 1.11.6 to version 1.11.6-r1. However, just after the
> > update the system reported that sys-devel/automake has version 1.13.4.
> > 
> > Is it only me who think that something is wrong here?
> 
> You have both installed, 1.13.4 is just the latest. Give eix a try, it
> will make your life better. In this case equery also works:
> 
>   $ equery l automake
>    * Searching for automake ...
>   [IP-] [  ] sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1:1.11
>   [IP-] [  ] sys-devel/automake-1.13.4:1.13

Thank you for explanation.

Tried but could not find out which packages need automake-1.11.6.

Re: [gentoo-user] Inconsistency in portage automake package versioning

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 00:55:09 +0200, Gevisz wrote:

> > You have both installed, 1.13.4 is just the latest. Give eix a try, it
> > will make your life better. In this case equery also works:
> > 
> >   $ equery l automake
> >    * Searching for automake ...
> >   [IP-] [  ]
> > sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1:1.11 [IP-]
> > [  ] sys-devel/automake-1.13.4:1.13  
> 
> Thank you for explanation.
> 
> Tried but could not find out which packages need automake-1.11.6.
> 
emerge -cpv =sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1


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Re: [gentoo-user] Inconsistency in portage automake package versioning

[gevisz]

2014-11-18 2:04 GMT+02:00 Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>:
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 00:55:09 +0200, Gevisz wrote:
>
>> > You have both installed, 1.13.4 is just the latest. Give eix a try, it
>> > will make your life better. In this case equery also works:
>> >
>> >   $ equery l automake
>> >    * Searching for automake ...
>> >   [IP-] [  ]
>> > sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1:1.11 [IP-]
>> > [  ] sys-devel/automake-1.13.4:1.13
>>
>> Thank you for explanation.
>>
>> Tried but could not find out which packages need automake-1.11.6.
>>
> emerge -cpv =sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1

Thank you.

So, automake-1.11.6 is needed for media-libs/gegl, which
in its turn is needed for media-gfx/gimp.

Re: [gentoo-user] Inconsistency in portage automake package versioning

[Alan McKinnon]

On 17/11/2014 23:29, Gevisz wrote:
> In today's system update I was advised to update sys-devel/automake
> from version 1.11.6 to version 1.11.6-r1. However, just after the
> update the system reported that sys-devel/automake has version 1.13.4.
> 
> Is it only me who think that something is wrong here?
> 
> The commands and their output is given below. 
> 
> # emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=90 --ask world
> 
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> 
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild     U  ] sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1 [1.11.6]
> 
> Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] y
> ...
>>>> Installing (1 of 1) sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1
>>>> Auto-cleaning packages...
> 
>>>> No outdated packages were found on your system.
> 
>  * Regenerating GNU info directory index...
>  * Processed 148 info files.
>  * After world updates, it is important to remove obsolete packages with
>  * emerge --depclean. Refer to `man emerge` for more information.
> 
> 
> # emerge --search automake

...


Nothing wrong there. automake is SLOTted.

emerge upgraded one of your installed SLOTs, and that slot is not the
highest version number you have.

p.s. make life easier for yourself when searching the tree. Install eix
and stop using emerge --search. eix runs out a gazillion times faster :-)


-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Inconsistency in portage automake package versioning

[Gevisz]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:49:18 +0200 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 17/11/2014 23:29, Gevisz wrote:
> > In today's system update I was advised to update sys-devel/automake
> > from version 1.11.6 to version 1.11.6-r1. However, just after the
> > update the system reported that sys-devel/automake has version 1.13.4.
> > 
> > Is it only me who think that something is wrong here?
> > 
> > The commands and their output is given below. 
> > 
> > # emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=90 --ask world
> > 
> > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> > 
> > Calculating dependencies... done!
> > [ebuild     U  ] sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1 [1.11.6]
> > 
> > Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] y
> > ...
> >>>> Installing (1 of 1) sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1
> >>>> Auto-cleaning packages...
> > 
> >>>> No outdated packages were found on your system.
> > 
> >  * Regenerating GNU info directory index...
> >  * Processed 148 info files.
> >  * After world updates, it is important to remove obsolete packages with
> >  * emerge --depclean. Refer to `man emerge` for more information.
> > 
> > 
> > # emerge --search automake
> 
> ...
> 
> 
> Nothing wrong there. automake is SLOTted.
> 
> emerge upgraded one of your installed SLOTs, and that slot is not the
> highest version number you have.

Thank you for explanation.

> p.s. make life easier for yourself when searching the tree. Install eix
> and stop using emerge --search. eix runs out a gazillion times faster :-)

As fas as I remember, I have eix installed but used only once. :)

Have to re-read its documentation first. 

[gentoo-user] Re: Inconsistency in portage automake package versioning

[James]

Gevisz <gevisz <at> gmail.com> writes:


> > p.s. make life easier for yourself when searching the tree. Install eix
> > and stop using emerge --search. eix runs out a gazillion times faster 

> As fas as I remember, I have eix installed but used only once. :)
> Have to re-read its documentation first. 

Best thing to remember about 'eix' is to run 'eix-update', periodically.


hth,
James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Inconsistency in portage automake package versioning

[wraeth]

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On 18/11/14 14:13, James wrote:
> Gevisz <gevisz <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>> p.s. make life easier for yourself when searching the tree. 
>>> Install eix and stop using emerge --search. eix runs out a 
>>> gazillion times faster
> 
>> As fas as I remember, I have eix installed but used only once. :)
>> Have to re-read its documentation first.
> 
> Best thing to remember about 'eix' is to run 'eix-update', 
> periodically.

eix actually has a sync wrapper that can handle this for you
automagically [1].

`eix-sync` will run:

layman -S # sync all layman overlays (see note)
emerge --sync # sync portage and all portage-managed overlays
eix-update # update the eix cache
eix-diff # show diff between last and current eix cache

(though the eix-diff can be --quiet'd). If using eix as your normal
search utility, I would suggest using `eix-sync` as your normal sync
method.

With regard to eix-sync updating layman overlays, you need to:

echo "*" > /etc/eix-sync.conf

to enable it.

[1]: http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Eix

Cheers.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Inconsistency in portage automake package versioning

[Alan McKinnon]

On 18/11/2014 05:13, James wrote:
> Gevisz <gevisz <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>> p.s. make life easier for yourself when searching the tree. Install eix
>>> and stop using emerge --search. eix runs out a gazillion times faster 
> 
>> As fas as I remember, I have eix installed but used only once. :)
>> Have to re-read its documentation first. 
> 
> Best thing to remember about 'eix' is to run 'eix-update', periodically.



I kept forgetting that step after syncing, so I wrote a wrapper script:


#!/bin/bash

emerge --sync
layman -S
eix-update




-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Inconsistency in portage automake package versioning

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 03:13:08 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:

> > As fas as I remember, I have eix installed but used only once. :)
> > Have to re-read its documentation first.   
> 
> Best thing to remember about 'eix' is to run 'eix-update', periodically.

Portage will run any executable scripts in /etc/portage/postsync.d after
each sync, so drop in a one-liner to call eix-update.


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And what else floats.....?

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