From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Fx8fo-0003Bf-24 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:36:08 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k62KXE8F022160; Sun, 2 Jul 2006 20:33:14 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k62KP1lw006391 for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2006 20:25:02 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.106] (c-67-171-150-177.hsd1.or.comcast.net [67.171.150.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B62F642AA for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2006 20:25:01 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <44A82B99.7060809@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 13:24:57 -0700 From: Donnie Berkholz User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060604) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 screwup References: <200607021124.10952.gentoo@matthewlee.org> <44A81C4C.6070004@gentoo.org> <200607022217.05884.bo.andresen@zlin.dk> In-Reply-To: <200607022217.05884.bo.andresen@zlin.dk> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig57EB4B03D32226C7256274E0" X-Archives-Salt: a79c7630-6ef3-4292-8f36-3855f1e5108e X-Archives-Hash: 606cdc4706d6dfd3a3cd4b9664f6ba2e This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig57EB4B03D32226C7256274E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bo =C3=98rsted Andresen wrote: > When user upgrades to modular X.org there is a block that requires him = to=20 > remove xorg-x11-6.8*. Then the user upgrades, reboots and finds out the= re is=20 > something wrong. So he downgrades. But when downgrading there is no blo= ck=20 > requiring him to remove modular X first. So he merges xorg-x11-6.8 whic= h=20 > overwrites a *LOT* of modular X files like e.g. startx and only unmerge= s=20 > xorg-x11-7.0 which is a very small package. Now the user decides to upg= rade=20 > again so he unmerges xorg-x11-6.8 again and it removes all the files bu= t=20 > portage still thinks modular X is installed except of xorg-x11-7*. So w= hen he=20 > 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 --------------enig57EB4B03D32226C7256274E0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEqCubXVaO67S1rtsRAkv1AJ4to9yIatkRo/mx2+pyNa9l9E4LUwCgnpwO tvpr/VQcO5JPWJzf6NlJaTs= =RRPJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig57EB4B03D32226C7256274E0-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list