On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 16/09/2014 17:51, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>> Recently, I updated xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager to version 1.3.1,
>> which is unstable, in order to prevent lvm2 from being pulled in as a
>> dependency.
>>
>> grep xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager /etc/portage/package.*
>> /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords:=xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager-1.3.1
>> ~x86
>>
>> As I ran 'emerge -avuND @world' today, I got this output:
>> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>>
>> Calculating dependencies ..... . .. ..... done!
>> [ebuild N ] sys-apps/sg3_utils-1.37 USE="-static-libs" 0 kB
>> [ebuild N ] sys-apps/rescan-scsi-bus-1.29 0 kB
>> [ebuild N ] sys-block/thin-provisioning-tools-0.3.2-r1 USE="{-test}" 0
>> kB
>> [ebuild N ] sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.109 USE="readline thin udev (-clvm)
>> (-cman) -device-mapper-only -lvm1 -lvm2create_initrd (-selinux)
>> -static -static-libs -systemd" 0 kB
>> [ebuild NS ] sys-fs/udisks-1.0.5-r1:0 [2.1.3:2] USE="nls -debug
>> -remote-access (-selinux)" 0 kB
>> [ebuild UD ] xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager-1.3.0 [1.3.1]
>> USE="policykit udisks%* -debug -networkmanager -systemd (-lxpanel%)"
>> XFCE_PLUGINS="brightness -battery" 0 kB
>>
>> Total: 6 packages (1 downgrade, 4 new, 1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 0
>> kB
>>
>> emerge trying to downgrade a package, Is that a bug or feature? This
>> is the first time I've encountered it. I googled it as well, but so
>> far found nothing relevant.
>
> portage is doing what the ebuilds and make.conf tell it to do.
>
> For some reason xfce-power-manager-1.3.1 does not satisfy what the local
> install needs but 1.3.0 does. So portage wants to make it so.
>
> Downgrades are not common, but neither are they unusual. It's not a
> feature either, it's a necessaity that portage be able to do this.
>
>
>>
>> The list's input would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Alan McKinnon
> alan.mckin...@gmail.com
>
>
Thanks for the explanation. I overlooked the fact that XFCE_PLUGINS is
a user-defined variable and didn't think to look for answers in the
xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager ebuild at the time.
The responses I got are certainly appreciated.
