On Sunday 03 May 2009, Duncan wrote: > Dan Johansson <dan.johans...@dmj.nu> posted > 200905031107.24458.dan.johans...@dmj.nu, excerpted below, on Sun, 03 May > > 2009 11:07:17 +0200: > > I noticed that emerge wanted to downgrade my > > app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2 > > > > # emerge --update --deep --verbose --reinstall changed-use world > > --pretend > > > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > > > Calculating dependencies... done! > > [ebuild U ] dev-perl/XML-Parser-2.36 [2.34-r1] 0 kB [?=>0] [ebuild > > UD] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2 [1.0.0.23] 0 kB [0] > > > > Total: 2 packages (1 upgrade, 1 downgrade), Size of downloads: 0 kB > > > > I really don't get it > > It's likely that your current version has been masked, for some reason. > Try this to find out why: > > emerge --pretend =app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.23 > > That should tell you why it can't remerge that version, spitting out the > comment from package.mask or otherwise telling you what's wrong > (keywords, blocker, whatever). > > FWIW, it lets me pretend-install that version here, but I don't have > VMWare installed (it's proprietaryware which I don't do) so whatever > blocker there might be I'm not seeing, and if the mask was just added in > the last 24-36 hours or so, I'd not see it either as I've not synced in > that time. No it's not the vmware-modules ebuild - it's not masked or keyworded. # emerge --pretend =app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.23
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild R ] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.23
I think it's a change in the vmware-server ebuild - without version change
(:-(
# grep vmware-modules /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-server/*.ebuild
~app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15
!<app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15
!>=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16
The !>=...1.0.0.16 must be a new addition in the last one to two weeks. Before
that this was not a problem.
If the devs think that 1.0.0.23 is a bad idea then OK I'll downgrade....
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Dan Johansson, <http://www.dmj.nu>
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