Martin C. Petersen wrote:

> How do I locate packages that for some reason have an outdated version (one
> that does not exist as an ebuild any more) installed in addition to the
> current one?

Try 'qpkg --dups -v'. If you know what you're looking for, 'etcat -v
<package name>' is a little more revealing. I suppose you want to get rid
of them later, use 'emerge clean <package name>' to purge anything but the
current version. I'd be careful around libraries and stuff like qt,
though, they're often needed for packages that require older versions.

Ulrich Plate

> Try 'qpkg --dups -v'.
Thanks :-)

> I'd be careful around libraries and stuff like qt,
> though, they're often needed for packages that require older versions.
How does portage decide which versions should be installed besides the
latest unmasked one?

Multiple releases of the same version should not be installed at the same
time, should they? (fx I've got both cracklib 2.7 r5 and r7)


Martin

Martin C. Petersen wrote:

> How does portage decide which versions should be installed besides the
> latest unmasked one?

Each ebuild decides that for itself. Some applications may not work with
the newest version of a library, in which case they'd require an older
one. Nethack is an example, it insists on qt2, regardless of qt3 being
installed or not.

> Multiple releases of the same version should not be installed at the same
> time, should they? (fx I've got both cracklib 2.7 r5 and r7)

AUTOCLEAN in /etc/make.conf should take care of that for you, switch it on
to avoid redundancies. Getting rid of cracklib-2.7-r5 should be safe, says
'etcat':

$ etcat depends cracklib
[ Results for search key : cracklib ]
* app-admin/cpu-1.3.100
sys-libs/cracklib
* app-admin/cpu-1.3.100-r1
sys-libs/cracklib
* dev-php/mod_php-4.3.2
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r7
* dev-php/mod_php-4.3.2-r3
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r7
* dev-php/mod_php-4.3.2-r1
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r7
* dev-php/mod_php-4.3.2-r2
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r7
* dev-php/php-4.3.2
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r7
* dev-php/php-4.3.2-r1
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r7
* dev-php/php-cvs-5.0
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r7
* dev-php/php-cvs-5.0-r1
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r7
* sys-apps/shadow-4.0.3-r5
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r3
* sys-apps/shadow-4.0.3-r6
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r3
* sys-apps/shadow-4.0.3-r3
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r3
* sys-apps/shadow-4.0.3-r4
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r3
* sys-libs/pam-0.75-r10
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r3
* sys-libs/pam-0.75-r11
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r3
* sys-libs/pam-0.75-r7
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r3
* sys-libs/pam-0.75-r8
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r3
* sys-libs/pam-0.75-r9
>=sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r3

Meaning nothing in portage requires cracklib-2.7-r5. Try 'emerge --pretend
clean cracklib' to see what would happen.

Ulrich Plate