Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 screwup

[Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@gentoo.org>]

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Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> When user upgrades to modular X.org there is a block that requires him to 
> remove xorg-x11-6.8*. Then the user upgrades, reboots and finds out there is 
> something wrong. So he downgrades. But when downgrading there is no block 
> requiring him to remove modular X first. So he merges xorg-x11-6.8 which 
> overwrites a *LOT* of modular X files like e.g. startx and only unmerges 
> xorg-x11-7.0 which is a very small package. Now the user decides to upgrade 
> again so he unmerges xorg-x11-6.8 again and it removes all the files but 
> portage still thinks modular X is installed except of xorg-x11-7*. So when he 
> emerges xorg-x11-7* that package is the only one which is remerged...

That's a definite possibility. But I don't _think_ everyone encountering
this problem has hit it, although I could be wrong.

Thanks,
Donnie


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