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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] portage & foomatic problem
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 21:04:58
Message-Id: 200805082304.46781.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] portage & foomatic problem by alain.didierjean@free.fr
1 On Thursday 08 May 2008, alain.didierjean@××××.fr wrote:
2 > isba alain # emerge -uD world
3 > returns the following:
4 >
5 > Calculating world dependencies /
6 > !!! Multiple versions within a single package slot have been
7 > !!! pulled into the dependency graph:
8 >
9 > net-print/foomatic-db-ppds:0
10 >
11
12 Look at the version numbers of foomatic-db-ppds below:
13 > ('installed', '/', 'net-print/foomatic-db-ppds-20060720',
14 > 'nomerge') pulled in by
15 > ('installed', '/', 'net-print/foomatic-3.0.20060601', 'nomerge')
16 >
17 > ('ebuild', '/', 'net-print/foomatic-db-ppds-3.0.20060720', 'merge')
18 > pulled in by
19 > ('installed', '/', 'net-print/cups-1.2.12-r8', 'nomerge')
20
21 Looks like a sane version number sequence was implemented, and v20060720
22 (which you have installed) was renamed to 2.0.20060720 (which cups
23 wants to install. This will never be automated as portage thinks the
24 new version number is earlier than the older one (!)
25
26 So: emerge -avC =foomatic-db-ppds-20060702
27 emerge -uD world
28
29 <snip>
30
31 > I guess I have to fill a bug report...
32
33 No, it's not a bug
34
35 --
36 Alan McKinnon
37 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
38
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