Entropy does not support anymore some packages [Solved]

[aia]

Hello forum,

I have Sabayon 10 in my laptop.
The last 2 months approximately when i do update i take a message that "these packages does not support any more".
Please remove for your own safety.
I dont remember very well the messages but it says something like that.After that i checked the version of the software from official site and i see that continues but in sabayon stop the developing of some package.
When i do update i realized that more and more packages does not support any more.
Some of them :
Dcbd, Acx Firmware, Boost, Linux Wlan Ng Firmware, Vdpau Video, Linux Wlan Ng Utils, phpmyadmin....e.t.c
I thought that Sabayon is rolling release distribution.Isn't it?
Could anyone tell me what is going on and why i take this messages?
I suppose that i must remove these packages which does not support any more from developers and to install it again from source code.Right?

Thanks!

[Fitzcarraldo]

It could be that the message you are seeing relates to a slotted package.

Gentoo (and therefore SL) can have different versions of an application installed simultaneously if the package is slotted. For example, I have both cnijfilter-2.70-r1 and cnijfilter-3.20-r3 installed simultaneously because I use different models of Canon printer. Therefore, if you see a message from Entropy stating that an atom no longer supported, you need to look at the version as well as the package name. For example, if the message says foo-1.2.3 is no longer supported, you would explicitly remove foo-1.2.3 but it could be that foo-2.0.0 is installed (or needs to be installed). After you have removed foo-1.2.3 you can in any case run equo deptest && equo libtest just to check that everything is sane.

[albfneto]

the packages are not more supported i n Entropy. significates that they were no more updated by entropy, no more in entropy repositories.

but are packages installed in your comp.

but if you uses the packages, or your system uses, the you may simple not delete then, neither updates... lets the system still continuing using the old versions.

[aia]

I try to explain you, that these packages that does not support any more, in the final version.
So there aren't new version for those packages.If does not support the last version why i have to put or keep the older version?

For instance:
I have in my system the package phpmyadmin.If you check from official site http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/ you will see that the last version is 3.5.5.

Then i enter in my terminal:

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equo search phpmyadmin


and i see that the last version of the phpmyadmin is the 3.5.3.
And now when i am going to do update i get the message that for example this package phpmyadmin 3.5.3 does not support any more for your system.Please remove it for your own safety. I don't have other previous version for this package in my system.

My question is that if i remove this package phpmyadmin 3.5.3 (which is the only and the last version where i have in my system which developing from sabayon developers)i will not have any more this phpmyadmin and i need it.

So i guess that the solution is if i should ignore this message or to remove it and i have to install phpmyadmin manual or in an other case(other software) to do a compile.

But why entropy says this messages?
I didn't see similar message in any of package managment from any distribution.

I think that now i am clear and you can understant my message.

Thanks!

[Ryuno-Ki]

i will not have any more this phpmyadmin and i need it.

Learn administrating from CLI *scnr*

I didn't see similar message in any of package managment from any distribution.

I cannot confirm. I have a dozen of this message. Just ignore them. It won't hurt.

[aia]

Learn administrating from CLI *scnr*

Υou are out of discussion.Τhis is not our topic.This was just my example for this package.

I cannot confirm. I have a dozen of this message. Just ignore them. It won't hurt.

I didn't say that it will hurt.Just I wonder.why happened that?And if someone wants to has the last version in his system what he must to do. To compile the programm from source code in the last version,or there is an other way?

Thanks

[Ryuno-Ki]

ust I wonder.why happened that?And if someone wants to has the last version in his system what he must to do.

It happens, because we have just a dozen (or less?) developer working on Sabayon Linux. You're welcome to contribute …
Before compiling I would have a look in portage. Install "e-file" therefore:

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# equo install app-portage/pfl
# exit
$ e-file phpmyadmin # didn't work for me right now …

In case you can't find it, have a look at Gentoo. Note, I've never touched an ebuild.
Oh, and be careful with e-file. It's not documented.

Edit: Oh, you could fill a feature request also …

[aia]

Thank all for your help!

[wolfden]

Just to be clear, there can be several reasons why a package is dropped, from no longer supported upstream to portage dropping it to it simply won't build against current stuff. Those are 3 quick reasons and there is other scenarios also such as package is renamed, picked up and supported in another package, things like that.