What does "outdated from recipe" mean, exactly?

[mmatrosov]

If you install a package, and the the recipe is updated (either because it changed on remote, or because it was overwritten manually), the package is marked as "outdated from recipe". But I see only one place in the docs, where this condition is explained: http://docs.conan.io/en/latest/reference/commands/misc/remove.html

And it does not say much. It does not explain how this condition occurs. Or how it is treated in other commands, e.g. what happen if I conan install a package, while it is already in the cache, but with outdated recipe? Could you please clarify this in the docs?

[memsharded]

Hi!

It happens when you modify a recipe, and export and/or upload it, without re-building binary packages with it. It is just information for users, it can be nicely displayed in:

$ conan search Pkg/0.1@user/channel --table=file.html

It will show outdated binaries in yellow.

Agree this is worth improving in the docs, thanks!

[mmatrosov]

How this information should be treated? Shouldn't conan install download new package if it sees this mark?

[danimtb]

Maybe document this in info and remove commands. Maybe a "how to deal with outdated from recipe packages"?

[danimtb]

Rereading this issue I found some other reference to the keyword "outdated" pointing in the same direction. I think best solution is to add this question to the FAQ

[danimtb]

fixed via #963