[solved]portage package downgrade & upgrade at the same time

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kowal · Post by **kowal** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:50 pm

I'm a little confused by portage downgrading mythtv package when updating system and the same time upgrading when emerging the same package.:

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emerge -Dp world
[ebuild     U ] media-video/transcode-1.0.7_rc1 [1.0.5-r3]
[ebuild     UD] media-tv/mythtv-0.20.2_p15634 [0.21_p18314] USE="vorbis%* -backendonly% -crciprec% -dbox2% -dts% -freebox%  frontendonly% -hdhomerun% -ivtv% -joystick%" VIDEO_CARDS="-intel% -via%"
[ebuild     UD] x11-themes/mythtv-themes-0.20.2_p14301 [0.21_p16505]

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emerge -p mythtv
[ebuild     U ] media-tv/mythtv-0.21_p18314-r1 [0.21_p18314]

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emerge -p mythtv-themes
[ebuild   R   ] x11-themes/mythtv-themes-0.21_p16505

my package.keyword entries

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media-tv/mythtv ~x86
x11-themes/mythtv-themes ~x86

Would any one know why is that? Thx.

notHerbert · Post by **notHerbert** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:22 am

If you mask transcode to it's current version, does mythtv still want to downgrade?

kowal · Post by **kowal** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:10 am

notHerbert wrote:If you mask transcode to it's current version, does mythtv still want to downgrade?

In package.mask I've included >media-video/transcode-1.0.5-r3 and portage still wants to downgrade mythtv

emerge -Dp world
[ebuild UD] media-tv/mythtv-0.20.2_p15634 [0.21_p18314] USE="vorbis%* -backendonly% -crciprec% -dbox2% -dts% -freebox% -frontendonly% -hdhomerun% -ivtv% -joystick%" VIDEO_CARDS="-intel% -via%"
[ebuild UD] x11-themes/mythtv-themes-0.20.2_p14301 [0.21_p16505]

notHerbert · Post by **notHerbert** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:49 am

Last time I synced mythtv-0.21_p18314 wasn't hard masked, so unless it became hard masked today, it must be something else you emerged lately that's downgrading it.

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genlop --list --date 3 days ago

kowal · Post by **kowal** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:10 am

notHerbert wrote:Last time I synced mythtv-0.21_p18314 wasn't hard masked, so unless it became hard masked today, it must be something else you emerged lately that's downgrading it.
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genlop --list --date 3 days ago

I have absolutely no idea what is the root cause of this. However, I think portage should automatically provide information what/which package is requesting/causing downgrade. I know we have equery utility but in this case it doesn't help.
In any case, here are the result of genlop --list --date 30 days ago:

Tue Oct 28 01:24:48 2008 >>> app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.7
Tue Oct 28 01:26:32 2008 >>> sys-libs/timezone-data-2008g-r1
Tue Oct 28 01:36:30 2008 >>> sys-libs/com_err-1.40.9
Tue Oct 28 01:38:39 2008 >>> sys-libs/ss-1.40.9
Tue Oct 28 02:24:37 2008 >>> sys-apps/sdparm-1.03
Tue Oct 28 02:25:59 2008 >>> sys-apps/man-pages-3.10
Tue Oct 28 02:31:07 2008 >>> media-libs/libtheora-1.0_beta3-r1
Tue Oct 28 02:54:29 2008 >>> sys-devel/binutils-2.19.50.0.1
Tue Oct 28 02:55:22 2008 >>> dev-perl/Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015
Tue Oct 28 02:55:59 2008 >>> dev-perl/Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.015
Tue Oct 28 02:56:29 2008 >>> perl-core/Package-Constants-0.01
Tue Oct 28 02:57:08 2008 >>> dev-perl/IO-Compress-Base-2.015
Tue Oct 28 02:57:39 2008 >>> dev-perl/IO-Compress-Bzip2-2.015
Tue Oct 28 02:58:19 2008 >>> dev-perl/IO-Compress-Zlib-2.015
Tue Oct 28 02:58:57 2008 >>> dev-perl/Compress-Zlib-2.015
Tue Oct 28 02:59:39 2008 >>> dev-perl/Archive-Tar-1.40
Tue Oct 28 03:14:53 2008 >>> media-libs/mesa-6.5.2-r1
Tue Oct 28 23:21:11 2008 >>> net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.53-r1
Tue Oct 28 23:24:20 2008 >>> sys-devel/flex-2.5.35
Tue Oct 28 23:29:33 2008 >>> sys-apps/findutils-4.4.0
Tue Oct 28 23:33:33 2008 >>> sys-apps/gawk-3.1.6
Tue Oct 28 23:35:43 2008 >>> net-libs/libpcap-0.9.8-r2
Tue Oct 28 23:51:28 2008 >>> dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7
Tue Oct 28 23:54:49 2008 >>> sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.2
Wed Oct 29 00:01:58 2008 >>> sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.2
Wed Oct 29 00:11:39 2008 >>> net-misc/openssh-5.1_p1-r1
Wed Oct 29 00:16:15 2008 >>> net-fs/nfs-utils-1.1.3
Wed Oct 29 01:37:19 2008 >>> x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r6
Wed Oct 29 19:22:30 2008 >>> media-tv/mythtv-0.20.2_p15634
Wed Oct 29 21:13:13 2008 >>> app-misc/pax-utils-0.1.17
Mon Nov 3 22:22:30 2008 >>> dev-python/setuptools-0.6_rc8-r1
Mon Nov 3 22:23:18 2008 >>> dev-python/mysql-python-1.2.2
Tue Nov 4 01:44:37 2008 >>> media-tv/mythtv-0.21_p18314
Tue Nov 4 01:46:55 2008 >>> x11-themes/mythtv-themes-0.21_p16505
Thu Nov 20 00:32:10 2008 >>> app-text/build-docbook-catalog-1.4
Thu Nov 20 00:33:19 2008 >>> media-sound/alsa-headers-1.0.18
Thu Nov 20 00:38:52 2008 >>> dev-db/sqlite-3.5.9
Thu Nov 20 00:42:37 2008 >>> dev-libs/libevent-1.4.7
Thu Nov 20 00:42:55 2008 >>> virtual/perl-Compress-Zlib-2.015
Thu Nov 20 00:43:14 2008 >>> virtual/perl-Module-Build-0.28.08
Thu Nov 20 00:43:32 2008 >>> virtual/perl-IO-Compress-Base-2.015
Thu Nov 20 00:43:50 2008 >>> virtual/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015
Thu Nov 20 00:44:07 2008 >>> virtual/perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.23
Thu Nov 20 00:46:24 2008 >>> sys-apps/man-pages-3.12
Thu Nov 20 00:46:59 2008 >>> virtual/perl-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.015
Thu Nov 20 00:47:32 2008 >>> virtual/perl-IO-Zlib-1.09
Thu Nov 20 00:48:06 2008 >>> virtual/perl-Archive-Tar-1.40
Thu Nov 20 00:48:39 2008 >>> virtual/perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.19
Thu Nov 20 00:56:34 2008 >>> media-libs/faad2-2.6.1-r2
Thu Nov 20 01:00:52 2008 >>> media-libs/libmpeg3-1.7
Thu Nov 20 01:12:24 2008 >>> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.25-r9
Thu Nov 20 01:28:43 2008 >>> net-libs/gnutls-2.4.1-r2
Thu Nov 20 01:31:17 2008 >>> dev-libs/libIDL-0.8.11
Thu Nov 20 01:38:12 2008 >>> media-sound/lame-3.98.2
Thu Nov 20 01:45:26 2008 >>> www-client/links-2.2
Thu Nov 20 01:47:43 2008 >>> app-admin/sudo-1.6.9_p17
Thu Nov 20 01:56:37 2008 >>> net-misc/ntp-4.2.4_p5
Thu Nov 20 02:07:13 2008 >>> dev-libs/libxml2-2.7.2-r1
Thu Nov 20 02:17:08 2008 >>> media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.18
Thu Nov 20 02:20:12 2008 >>> app-text/iso-codes-3.3
Thu Nov 20 02:22:35 2008 >>> app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets-1.73.2
Thu Nov 20 02:29:31 2008 >>> dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.24-r1
Thu Nov 20 02:32:04 2008 >>> x11-libs/libxklavier-3.6
Thu Nov 20 02:36:39 2008 >>> media-sound/alsa-tools-1.0.18
Thu Nov 20 02:36:59 2008 >>> app-text/docbook-xml-dtd-4.2-r1
Thu Nov 20 02:37:47 2008 >>> sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.10-r2
Thu Nov 20 02:40:14 2008 >>> sys-devel/distcc-2.18.3-r10
Thu Nov 20 02:41:15 2008 >>> app-text/xmlto-0.0.18
Thu Nov 20 02:44:29 2008 >>> media-sound/alsa-utils-1.0.18
Thu Nov 20 02:49:50 2008 >>> x11-libs/libwnck-2.22.3
Thu Nov 20 04:31:15 2008 >>> www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.18
Thu Nov 20 04:49:06 2008 >>> x11-misc/xscreensaver-5.07
Thu Nov 20 04:50:26 2008 >>> xfce-extra/xfce4-taskmanager-0.4.1
Thu Nov 20 04:52:08 2008 >>> xfce-extra/xfce4-screenshooter-1.3.2
Thu Nov 20 04:55:04 2008 >>> xfce-extra/xfce4-mailwatch-1.1.0
Thu Nov 20 04:56:54 2008 >>> xfce-extra/xfce4-xkb-0.5.1
Thu Nov 20 04:58:27 2008 >>> xfce-extra/xfce4-datetime-0.6.0
Thu Nov 20 05:01:18 2008 >>> dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.11.9.3
Thu Nov 20 05:12:27 2008 >>> xfce-extra/exo-0.3.4-r1
Thu Nov 20 05:13:05 2008 >>> xfce-extra/thunar-thumbnailers-0.4.1
Thu Nov 20 18:51:22 2008 >>> x11-libs/qt-core-4.4.2
Thu Nov 20 19:01:15 2008 >>> x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.4.2
Thu Nov 20 19:17:57 2008 >>> x11-libs/qt-script-4.4.2
Thu Nov 20 19:25:09 2008 >>> x11-libs/qt-sql-4.4.2
Thu Nov 20 22:14:52 2008 >>> x11-libs/qt-gui-4.4.2
Thu Nov 20 23:27:11 2008 >>> x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.4.2
Fri Nov 21 00:40:32 2008 >>> media-video/vlc-0.9.6
Fri Nov 21 20:58:43 2008 >>> app-portage/genlop-0.30.8-r1

notHerbert · Post by **notHerbert** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:50 am

How about trying the --tree option of emerge. Also you could look at the depends of mythtv which might provide a clue.

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qdepends mythtv

Maybe there is something there that's also in your list of recently emerged packages.

kowal · Post by **kowal** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:51 am

Got it resolved the 'Gentoo' way:
echo "<media-tv/mythtv-0.21_p18314-r1" >> /etc/portage/package.mask
emerge -DuNa world gave me error that nuvexport wants the older mythtv version.
emerge -C nuvexport solved the downgrade dilemma.
notHerbert thx for help.

notHerbert · Post by **notHerbert** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:00 am

Ok cool, no problem.