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Hi, Gentoo! |
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The latest episode of my months long update saga. |
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I do |
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emerge -p --color y util-linux | less -F |
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, and get the following on my screen: |
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[ebuild U ] sys-apps/util-linux-2.24.1-r2 [2.22.2] USE="bash-completion%* pam%* python%* -caps% -cytune% -fdformat% -tty-helpers%" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7%* -python3_2% -python3_3% (-python3_4)" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7%* python3_3%* -python3_2% (-python3_4)" |
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* Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be |
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[blocks B ] <sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r7 ("<sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r7" is blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.24.1-r2) |
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[blocks B ] >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.23 (">=sys-apps/util-linux-2.23" is blocking sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r4) |
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* installed at the same time on the same system. |
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. The up to date versions of these two packages are sysvinit-2.88.r7 and |
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util-linux-2.24.1-r2. |
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Am I right in thinking that the first of these "blocks B" lines is saying |
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that the latest util-linux is incompatible with the latest sysvinit - |
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that util-linux needs _less_ than sysvinit-2.88.r7? This feels like a |
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bug. |
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What about the second "blocks B" line. It seems to be saying that the |
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_old_ version util-linux-2.23 is blocking the _new_ sysvinit. Why is |
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this comparison being done this way? |
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This all seems crazy. Keeping Gentoo up to date shouldn't be this |
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difficult. |
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-- |
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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). |