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I haven't done an emerge on my server in quite a while, but now that |
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I've upgraded the CPU/RAM, I figure it's about time. |
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There are a few packages I'm a bit apprehensive about upgrading. "exim" |
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being one. I hate that MTA. It was a nightmare to setup and get working |
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properly, and now I don't want to break it. (a friend set it up |
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actually, as that was the MTA he used.) |
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daevid portage # esearch exim |
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* mail-mta/exim |
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Latest version available: 4.67 |
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Latest version installed: 4.54 |
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Size of downloaded files: [no/bad digest] |
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Homepage: http://www.exim.org/ |
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So I have this in my package.mask: |
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>=mail-mta/exim-4.55 |
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(Is this upgrade from 4.54 to 4.67 very smooth? Should I worry? I dread |
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having to deal with exim.conf again, and the exim users list is very |
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elitist. Usually saying RTFM for most issues -- but they all are experts |
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or mail admins. I'm not. Nor do I want to be.) |
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But when I do an "emerge -aut world", I get this blocking issue: |
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These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: |
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...snip... |
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[nomerge ] x11-misc/xscreensaver-5.02 [5.01-r2] |
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[nomerge ] x11-apps/appres-1.0.1 [1.0.0] |
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[ebuild U ] x11-libs/libX11-1.1.1-r1 [1.0.3-r1] USE="-xcb%" |
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[nomerge ] sys-process/vixie-cron-4.1-r10 [4.1-r9] |
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[ebuild N ] mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61-r2 USE="ipv6 ssl -mailwrapper |
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-md5sum" |
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[nomerge ] kde-base/kdegraphics-3.5.5-r2 [3.5.5] |
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[nomerge ] media-libs/lcms-1.15 [1.14-r1] USE="-tiff*" |
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[nomerge ] dev-lang/swig-1.3.31 [1.3.25] USE="ruby* -lua% -mono% |
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-ocaml% -pike%" |
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[nomerge ] dev-lang/php-5.2.2-r1 [5.2.1-r3] |
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[nomerge ] net-misc/curl-7.15.1-r1 [7.15.1] USE="ldap* -idn*" |
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[ebuild U ] net-nds/openldap-2.3.30-r2 [2.3.27] |
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USE="-smbkrb5passwd%" |
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[nomerge ] media-gfx/imagemagick-6.3.3 [6.2.9.5] |
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[ebuild U ] x11-libs/libXt-1.0.5 [1.0.4] |
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...snip... |
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[blocks B ] mail-mta/exim (is blocking mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61-r2) |
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(also, I never understand the --tree option. Does this mean that |
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"vixie-cron" is the issue, or "kdegraphics" is the issue? Being reverse |
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order, I am guessing vixie-cron, yet it says "nomerge" so that seems |
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like, why would it care, plus it's worked fine all these years with the |
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exim I have installed. Conversely, why would kdegraphics give a hoot |
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about a mail transport? I don't get it.) |
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And maybe I'm using this tool wrong, but this just adds to my confusion. |
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daevid portage # equery depends mail-mta/ssmtp |
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[ Searching for packages depending on mail-mta/ssmtp... ] |
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daevid portage # equery depends mail-mta/exim |
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[ Searching for packages depending on mail-mta/exim... ] |
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app-admin/sudo-1.6.8_p9-r2 (virtual/mta) |
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app-admin/tripwire-2.3.1.2-r2 (virtual/mta) |
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dev-lang/php-5.2.1-r3 (virtual/mta) |
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mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20040524-r1 (virtual/mta) |
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mail-filter/procmail-3.22-r7 (virtual/mta) |
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net-mail/mailman-2.1.5-r4 (virtual/mta) |
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sys-power/apcupsd-3.10.18-r1 (virtual/mta) |
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sys-process/vixie-cron-4.1-r9 (virtual/mta) |
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