On Sep 12, 2011 11:11 PM, "Nikos Chantziaras" <rea...@arcor.de> wrote:
>
> In my /etc/portage/profile/package.provided, I have this:
>
> media-libs/freetype-1.4_pre20080316-r2
>
> When I try to emerge freetype however, instead of emerging the newer
version, I get:
>
> $ emerge freetype
>
> WARNING: A requested package will not be merged because it is listed
> in package.provided:
>
> freetype pulled in by 'args'
>
> Nothing to merge; would you like to auto-clean packages? [Yes/No]
>
> Trying "emerge freetype:2" also won't work. The only only to emerge it
seems is by using the whole version ("emerge =freetype-2.4.6"). Is this a
bug?
>
>
Why did you have that line in package.provided, in the first place? Did you
install freetype on your own, without using portage?
The way I see it, Portage worked perfectly: it saw that you have installed a
certain version of freetype on your own, and it didn't want to mess up your
installed package.
Just delete the line and emerge freetype.
(someone please CMIIW)
Rgds,
