I want to downgrade systemd from 207-r2 to 204 (highest stable).

I currently have virtual/udev-206-r2 installed, which prevents
systemd-204.

OK.  So I need to downgrade virtual/udev to 200.

I thought
   emerge -1 =virtual/udev-200  =sys-apps/systemd-204
would do it.  But this failed (see below) and suggested masking
might help.

So I added package.mask/systemd, which contains
  >=virtual/udev-201
  >=sys-apps/systemd-205
and then issued the same emerge as above.
But this also failed (see below).
What incantation do I need?

thanks,
allan



=========== output from emerge without package.mask/systemd =========

livecd package.mask # emerge -1 =virtual/udev-200  =sys-apps/systemd-204

These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild     UD ] sys-apps/systemd-204 [207-r2] USE="acl firmware-loader gudev 
introspection keymap%* kmod pam policykit tcpd -audit -cryptsetup -doc -gcrypt 
-http -lzma -openrc -python -qrcode (-selinux) -static-libs% {-test} -vanilla 
-xattr (-filecaps%*)" ABI_X86="(-32%) (-64%*) (-x32%)" 
PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" 2,136 kB
[nomerge       ] gnome-base/gnome-3.6.2:2.0  USE="bluetooth cdr cups extras 
fallback -accessibility" 
[nomerge       ]  gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.6.3.1  USE="bluetooth i18n 
networkmanager systemd" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6" 
[nomerge       ]   net-wireless/gnome-bluetooth-3.6.1:2/11  USE="introspection 
-debug -sendto" 
[nomerge       ]    app-mobilephone/obexd-0.46  USE="eds usb -nokia -server" 
[nomerge       ]     dev-libs/openobex-1.5  USE="bluetooth usb -debug -irda 
-syslog" 
[nomerge       ]      virtual/libusb-0-r1  ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 
[nomerge       ]       dev-libs/libusb-compat-0.1.5-r2  USE="-debug -examples 
-static-libs" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 
[nomerge       ]        virtual/libusb-1-r1:1  ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 
[nomerge       ]         dev-libs/libusbx-1.0.17:1  USE="udev -debug -doc 
-examples -static-libs {-test}" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 
[nomerge       ]          virtual/udev-206-r2  USE="gudev introspection kmod 
(-selinux) -static-libs" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 
[nomerge       ]           sys-fs/udev-207  USE="acl firmware-loader gudev 
introspection kmod openrc -doc (-selinux) -static-libs" ABI_X86="(64) -32 
(-x32)" 
[ebuild  N     ]            sys-fs/udev-init-scripts-26  5 kB
[ebuild  N     ]           sys-fs/udev-207  USE="acl firmware-loader gudev 
introspection kmod openrc -doc (-selinux) -static-libs" ABI_X86="(64) -32 
(-x32)" 2 kB
[ebuild     UD ]    virtual/udev-200 [206-r2] USE="gudev hwdb%* introspection 
keymap%* kmod (-selinux) -static-libs" ABI_X86="(-32%) (-64%*) (-x32%)" 0 kB
[blocks B      ] sys-apps/systemd ("sys-apps/systemd" is blocking 
sys-fs/udev-207)
[blocks B      ] sys-fs/udev ("sys-fs/udev" is blocking 
sys-apps/systemd-207-r2, sys-apps/systemd-204)

Total: 4 packages (2 downgrades, 2 new), Size of downloads: 2,142 kB
Conflict: 2 blocks (2 unsatisfied)

!!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled
!!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:

virtual/udev:0

  (virtual/udev-200::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    =virtual/udev-200[gudev] required by (dev-libs/libgusb-0.1.6::gentoo, 
installed)
    (and 27 more with the same problem)

  (virtual/udev-206-r2::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
    
>=virtual/udev-200[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?]
 required by (dev-libs/libusbx-1.0.17::gentoo, installed)
    >=virtual/udev-206-r2 required by (sys-fs/udev-207::gentoo, ebuild 
scheduled for merge)


It may be possible to solve this problem by using package.mask to
prevent one of those packages from being selected. However, it is also
possible that conflicting dependencies exist such that they are
impossible to satisfy simultaneously.  If such a conflict exists in
the dependencies of two different packages, then those packages can
not be installed simultaneously. You may want to try a larger value of
the --backtrack option, such as --backtrack=30, in order to see if
that will solve this conflict automatically.

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man
page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.


 * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
 * installed at the same time on the same system.

  (sys-fs/udev-207::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    
>=sys-fs/udev-206-r2[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,gudev?,introspection?,kmod?,selinux?,static-libs?]
 (>=sys-fs/udev-206-r2[abi_x86_64(-),abi_x86_64(-),gudev,introspection,kmod]) 
required by (virtual/udev-206-r2::gentoo, installed)

  (sys-apps/systemd-204::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    >=sys-apps/systemd-44 required by (x11-misc/colord-1.0.3::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-31 required by 
(gnome-extra/gnome-screensaver-3.6.1::gentoo, installed)
    =sys-apps/systemd-204
    sys-apps/systemd required by (sys-auth/polkit-0.112-r1::gentoo, installed)
    sys-apps/systemd required by (sys-apps/dbus-1.6.14::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-186 required by 
(sys-apps/accountsservice-0.6.34::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-31 required by 
(gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon-3.6.4::gentoo, installed)
    
>=sys-apps/systemd-200[gudev?,introspection?,keymap(+)?,kmod?,selinux?,static-libs(-)?]
 (>=sys-apps/systemd-200[gudev,introspection,keymap(+),kmod]) required by 
(virtual/udev-200::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-39 required by (media-sound/pulseaudio-4.0::gentoo, 
installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-186[pam] required by (gnome-base/gdm-3.6.2-r1::gentoo, 
installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-44-r1[pam] required by 
(sys-auth/pambase-20120417-r2::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-38 required by 
(gnome-extra/gnome-system-monitor-3.6.1::gentoo, installed)
    sys-apps/systemd required by (gnome-base/gvfs-1.14.2::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-31 required by 
(gnome-base/gnome-control-center-3.6.3-r1::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-197 required by (sys-fs/udisks-2.1.1::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-183 required by 
(gnome-base/gnome-session-3.6.2-r2::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-31 required by (gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.6.3.1::gentoo, 
installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-183 required by 
(net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.8.4::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-200 required by (sys-power/upower-0.9.21::gentoo, 
installed)


For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked

livecd package.mask # 

=========== output from emerge with package.mask/systemd =========

livecd package.mask # emerge -1 =virtual/udev-200  =sys-apps/systemd-204

These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild     UD ] sys-apps/systemd-204 [207-r2] USE="acl firmware-loader gudev 
introspection keymap%* kmod pam policykit tcpd -audit -cryptsetup -doc -gcrypt 
-http -lzma -openrc -python -qrcode (-selinux) -static-libs% {-test} -vanilla 
-xattr (-filecaps%*)" ABI_X86="(-32%) (-64%*) (-x32%)" 
PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" 2,136 kB
[nomerge       ] gnome-base/gnome-3.6.2:2.0  USE="bluetooth cdr cups extras 
fallback -accessibility" 
[nomerge       ]  gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.6.3.1  USE="bluetooth i18n 
networkmanager systemd" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6" 
[nomerge       ]   net-wireless/gnome-bluetooth-3.6.1:2/11  USE="introspection 
-debug -sendto" 
[nomerge       ]    app-mobilephone/obexd-0.46  USE="eds usb -nokia -server" 
[nomerge       ]     dev-libs/openobex-1.5  USE="bluetooth usb -debug -irda 
-syslog" 
[nomerge       ]      virtual/libusb-0-r1  ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 
[nomerge       ]       dev-libs/libusb-compat-0.1.5-r2  USE="-debug -examples 
-static-libs" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 
[nomerge       ]        virtual/libusb-1-r1:1  ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 
[nomerge       ]         dev-libs/libusbx-1.0.17:1  USE="udev -debug -doc 
-examples -static-libs {-test}" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 
[nomerge       ]          virtual/udev-206-r2  USE="gudev introspection kmod 
(-selinux) -static-libs" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 
[nomerge       ]           sys-fs/udev-207  USE="acl firmware-loader gudev 
introspection kmod openrc -doc (-selinux) -static-libs" ABI_X86="(64) -32 
(-x32)" 
[ebuild  N     ]            sys-fs/udev-init-scripts-26  5 kB
[ebuild  N     ]           sys-fs/udev-207  USE="acl firmware-loader gudev 
introspection kmod openrc -doc (-selinux) -static-libs" ABI_X86="(64) -32 
(-x32)" 2 kB
[ebuild     UD ]    virtual/udev-200 [206-r2] USE="gudev hwdb%* introspection 
keymap%* kmod (-selinux) -static-libs" ABI_X86="(-32%) (-64%*) (-x32%)" 0 kB
[blocks B      ] sys-apps/systemd ("sys-apps/systemd" is blocking 
sys-fs/udev-207)
[blocks B      ] sys-fs/udev ("sys-fs/udev" is blocking 
sys-apps/systemd-207-r2, sys-apps/systemd-204)

Total: 4 packages (2 downgrades, 2 new), Size of downloads: 2,142 kB
Conflict: 2 blocks (2 unsatisfied)

!!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled
!!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:

virtual/udev:0

  (virtual/udev-200::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    =virtual/udev-200[gudev] required by (dev-libs/libgusb-0.1.6::gentoo, 
installed)
    (and 27 more with the same problem)

  (virtual/udev-206-r2::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
    
>=virtual/udev-200[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?]
 required by (dev-libs/libusbx-1.0.17::gentoo, installed)
    >=virtual/udev-206-r2 required by (sys-fs/udev-207::gentoo, ebuild 
scheduled for merge)


It may be possible to solve this problem by using package.mask to
prevent one of those packages from being selected. However, it is also
possible that conflicting dependencies exist such that they are
impossible to satisfy simultaneously.  If such a conflict exists in
the dependencies of two different packages, then those packages can
not be installed simultaneously. You may want to try a larger value of
the --backtrack option, such as --backtrack=30, in order to see if
that will solve this conflict automatically.

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man
page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.


 * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
 * installed at the same time on the same system.

  (sys-fs/udev-207::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    
>=sys-fs/udev-206-r2[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,gudev?,introspection?,kmod?,selinux?,static-libs?]
 (>=sys-fs/udev-206-r2[abi_x86_64(-),abi_x86_64(-),gudev,introspection,kmod]) 
required by (virtual/udev-206-r2::gentoo, installed)

  (sys-apps/systemd-204::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    >=sys-apps/systemd-44 required by (x11-misc/colord-1.0.3::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-31 required by 
(gnome-extra/gnome-screensaver-3.6.1::gentoo, installed)
    =sys-apps/systemd-204
    sys-apps/systemd required by (sys-auth/polkit-0.112-r1::gentoo, installed)
    sys-apps/systemd required by (sys-apps/dbus-1.6.14::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-186 required by 
(sys-apps/accountsservice-0.6.34::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-31 required by 
(gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon-3.6.4::gentoo, installed)
    
>=sys-apps/systemd-200[gudev?,introspection?,keymap(+)?,kmod?,selinux?,static-libs(-)?]
 (>=sys-apps/systemd-200[gudev,introspection,keymap(+),kmod]) required by 
(virtual/udev-200::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-39 required by (media-sound/pulseaudio-4.0::gentoo, 
installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-186[pam] required by (gnome-base/gdm-3.6.2-r1::gentoo, 
installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-44-r1[pam] required by 
(sys-auth/pambase-20120417-r2::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-38 required by 
(gnome-extra/gnome-system-monitor-3.6.1::gentoo, installed)
    sys-apps/systemd required by (gnome-base/gvfs-1.14.2::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-31 required by 
(gnome-base/gnome-control-center-3.6.3-r1::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-197 required by (sys-fs/udisks-2.1.1::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-183 required by 
(gnome-base/gnome-session-3.6.2-r2::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-31 required by (gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.6.3.1::gentoo, 
installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-183 required by 
(net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.8.4::gentoo, installed)
    >=sys-apps/systemd-200 required by (sys-power/upower-0.9.21::gentoo, 
installed)


For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked

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