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From: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@×××××××××××××.ca>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] resolving this block
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:02:23
Message-Id: 20090321220210.GE27682@anton.digitaltorque.ca
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] resolving this block by Nick Fortino
1 On 21/03/09 Nick Fortino said:
2
3 > It seems like you are reading the message correctly, but you are focusing
4 > on the wrong part. The problem here is gail, not gtk+. What should happen
5 > is gail-1000 is installed as part of this upgrade, and then the block is
6 > resolved. The output of "equery list -p gail" should tell you if gail-1000
7 > is masked for some reason. Unmasking gail-1000 should resolve the block,
8 > but why it is masked in the first place is rather a mystery.
9
10 msoulier@anton:~$ equery list -p gail
11 [ Searching for package 'gail' in all categories among: ]
12 * installed packages
13 [I--] [ ] gnome-base/gail-1.22.3 (0)
14 * Portage tree (/usr/portage)
15 [-P-] [ ] gnome-base/gail-1.20.2 (0)
16 [-P-] [ ] gnome-base/gail-1000 (0)
17 [-P-] [ ] gnome-extra/libgail-gnome-1.20.0 (0)
18 [-P-] [ ] gnome-extra/libgail-gnome-1.20.1 (0)
19
20 I don't think it's masked.
21
22 Shouldn't the newer gtk+ flag the fact that it obsoletes the need for gail?
23
24 Mike
25 --
26 Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@×××××××××××××.ca>
27 "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a
28 touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
29 --Albert Einstein

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Re: [gentoo-user] resolving this block Nick Fortino <nfortino@×××××.com>