Gentoo Archives: gentoo-alt

From: Al <oss.elmar@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] Prefix: bootstraping problems
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:33:41
Message-Id: AANLkTimYjAXrV3=Dcy+8j2QcMH5nXrbnnYKH9b6xidDp@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-alt] Prefix: bootstraping problems by Antoine Dechaume
1 > emerge -u system fails:
2 > Calculating dependencies... done!
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4 [...]
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6 > (sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r1, ebuild scheduled for merge) depends on
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8 [...]
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10 >  * Note that circular dependencies can often be avoided by temporarily
11 >  * disabling USE flags that trigger optional dependencies.
12 >
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14 Hmm, just an idea. AFAIK at least gettext should have already been
15 merged while bootstrapping portage. Maybe that would break the cycle.
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17 http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Prefix/Cygwin#Emerge_Portage
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19 But I don't know how emege -u system works in detail. Maybe some
20 additional "oneshots" would help.
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22 Al