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From: Michael Schreckenbauer <grimlog@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided messes up emerging of package slots?
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:42:26 +0200
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On Monday, 12. September 2011 18:41:37 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> In my /etc/portage/profile/package.provided, I have this:
> 
>    media-libs/freetype-1.4_pre20080316-r2
> 
> When I try to emerge freetype however, instead of emerging the newer
> version, I get:
> 
>    $ emerge freetype
> 
>    WARNING: A requested package will not be merged because it is listed
>    in package.provided:
> 
>      freetype pulled in by 'args'
> 
>    Nothing to merge; would you like to auto-clean packages? [Yes/No]
> 
> Trying "emerge freetype:2" also won't work.  The only only to emerge it
> seems is by using the whole version ("emerge =freetype-2.4.6").  Is this
> a bug?

At least it's inconsistent. I would expect that the emerge with complete 
version also fails.

Regards,
Michael