Re: [gentoo-amd64] Big, ugly qt blockage

[Markos Chandras]

> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Markos Chandras<hwoarang@g.o> wrote:
> >> I wonder if someone better than I am at this can find the clue in this
> >> big, ugly qt blockage? Seems like sometimes possibly it's complaining
> >> about qt-4.5 vs qt-4.4 while other times it's complaining about 4.5.1
> >> vs 4.5.1.
> >>
> >> Sometimes it says
> >> [blocks b     ] >
> >>
> >> while other times it says
> >> [blocks b     ] <
> >
> > These blockages come from qt4-build eclass. They prevent you from mixing
> > qt version ( having some packages on 4.5.1 and some others on 4.4.2 ).
> >
> > use emerge -uDN world and you should be fine
> >
> > If 4.5.1 is still keyworded for your architecture, make sure to keyword
> > all qt modules before proceeding with emerge -uDN world
> >
> > Thanks
> > --
> > Markos Chandras (hwoarang)
> > Gentoo Linux Developer [KDE/Qt/Sunrise/Sound]
> > Web: http://hwoarang.silverarrow.org
>
> Indeed, now there's the answer. The previous printout was from an
> emerge -DuN @system. I got both red and blue blockage responses which
> emerge won't fix by itself. In this case switching to emerge -DuN
> @world removes the problem and shows everything as blue.
>
> Granted - it's 28 packages instead of 12, but that's OK.
>
> Now, I'm currently running the emerge -DuN world to get the job done,
> but when it finishes I'd like to understand what parts of @system are
> requiring qt at all. I seem to think that somehow I've added flags to
> @system level packages that maybe I don't need?
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Mark

Well, you can stop the emerge -uDN world now and use

emerge -uDNavt @system. -t parameter will printout the full dependency graph 
and you can see what system package is pulling the qt libraries ;)

-- 
Markos Chandras (hwoarang)
Gentoo Linux Developer [KDE/Qt/Sunrise/Sound]
Web: http://hwoarang.silverarrow.org