Simple method/HowTo for avoid Entropy and Portage Confusion

[albfneto]

I incidentally discovered one method for avoid the problem between Entropy and Portage...
If the user "mix" the two installation methods, Portage and Entropy, a problem may appear.... Entropy suggested prior versions of packages as the updated packages.....

viewtopic.php?f=76&t=14132&p=85487&hilit=entropy+confusion#p85487
viewtopic.php?f=83&t=14323&p=83341&hilit=entropy+confusion#p83341
viewtopic.php?f=76&t=14132&p=81506&hilit=entropy+confusion#p81506

To avoid this. DO NOT USE Portage ( emerge ) to updating or install Entropy (equo). Only use Entropy to update Entropy files...
Please not run emerge entropy equo,but use these commands:

$ su and password
#emerge --sync (for updating the packages)
emerge portage (for updating portage)
equo install equo (this will update equo and automatic uppdate entropy and spritz. you may use intead, equo install equo entropy spritz see (*))
equo update --force (this force the Entropy updating and solve the problem)
equo update && equo world
equo update
equo conf update

After some cycles of regular emerge --sync and equo update commands, the problem is solved.

(*) if you use:
# emerge --sync
# layman -d sabayon
#layman -a sabayon
# layman -S
# emerge entropy

You will taken the last testing version of Entropy from the Overlay ( Wolfden procedure). However, after i tried the commands in the begin of this post, the problem not return, only if i runned emerge equo....

[albfneto]

See, when search packages, the problem dissapeared:

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equo search bash
>>  @@ Searching...
>>   #1 Zenana x86-64
>>      @@ Package: app-shells/bash-3.2_p39             branch: 3.5
>>        Category:             app-shells
>>        Name:                 bash
>>        Masked:               False
>>        Available:            version: 3.2_p39 ~ tag: NoTag ~ revision: 0
>>        Installed:            version: 3.2_p33 ~ tag: NoTag ~ revision: 0
>>        Slot:                 0
>>        Size:                 0.6MB
>>        Download:             packages/amd64/3.5/app-shells:bash-3.2_p39~0.tbz2
>>        Checksum:             4a76f84b7abd11cee71c35aa5c08c9e4
>>        ## Dependencies:
>>        ##                    >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r2
>>        ## Conflicts:
>>        ##                    <sys-apps/portage-2.1.5
>>        ##                    <sys-apps/paludis-0.26.0_alpha5
>>        Homepage:             http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/bash/bashtop.html
>>        Description:          The standard GNU Bourne again shell
>>        USE flags:            -elibc_glibc nls -userland_GNU
>>                              -kernel_linux -amd64
>>        Compiled with:        -O2 -march=athlon64 -msse3 -funit-at-a-time -pipe
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>>        Created:              2008-08-31 18:29:51
>>        License:              GPL-2
>>  Keyword:    bash
>>  Found:      1 entries


localhost ~ # emerge --search bash
Searching...
[ Results for search key : bash ]
[ Applications found : 11 ]

*  app-benchmarks/bashmark
      Latest version available: 0.6.2
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 21 kB
      Homepage:      http://bashmark.coders-net.de
      Description:   Geno's cross platform benchmarking suite
      License:       GPL-2

*  app-cdr/bashburn
      Latest version available: 2.1.2
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 75 kB
      Homepage:      http://bashburn.sourceforge.net
      Description:   cd burning shell script
      License:       GPL-2

*  app-cdr/mybashburn
      Latest version available: 1.0.2
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 73 kB
      Homepage:      http://mybashburn.sourceforge.net/
      Description:   Command-line burning interface of data and music CDs and DVDs
      License:       GPL-2

*  app-shells/bash
      Latest version available: 3.2_p39
      Latest version installed: 3.2_p33
      Size of files: 2,581 kB
      Homepage:      http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/bash/bashtop.html
      Description:   The standard GNU Bourne again shell
      License:       GPL-2


The same versions of Bash, are found in the two installer systems...