RE: [gentoo-catalyst] blocked packages com_err ss e2fsprogs during stage3

> I had wanted to purge everything catalyst has produced so far, however
> when  I ran catalyst --purge, I get the following error:
> !!! catalyst: please specify one of either -f or -C
> When I specify both --purge and -f (some spec file) it attempts to
build
> the stage instead of purge. Should I open a bug for this?
>
>No, that's how it's supposed to work. The purge isn't an operation all
by 
>itself. It's just an additional step that's performed before a build.


I see! I have done all of this over again using the -p flag and it has
built successfully this time... I guess something stuck around in the
cache causing these blocks to remain...

catalyst -p -f rwmc-stage1.spec && catalyst -p -f rwmc-stage2.spec &&
catalyst -p -f rwmc-stage3.spec


> Here's what I did:
> emerge --sync
> catalyst -s rwmc.001
> catalyst -f rwmc-stage1.spec
> catalyst -f rwmc-stage2.spec
> catalyst -f rwmc-stage3.spec
>
> rwmc-stage1.spec contains:
> subarch: x86
> target: stage1
> version_stamp: rwmc.001
> rel_type: default
> profile: default/linux/x86/2008.0
> snapshot: rwmc.001
> source_subpath: default/stage3-i686-2008.0
> chost: i686-pc-linux-gnu
>
> rwmc-stage2.spec contains:
> subarch: i686
> target: stage2
> version_stamp: rwmc.001
> rel_type: default
> profile: default/linux/x86/2008.0
> snapshot: rwmc.001
> source_subpath: default/stage1-x86-rwmc.001
> chost: i686-pc-linux-gnu
>
> rwmc-stage3.spec contains:
> subarch: i686
> target: stage3
> version_stamp: rwmc.001
> rel_type: default
> profile: default/linux/x86/2008.0
> snapshot: rwmc.001
> source_subpath: default/stage2-i686-rwmc.001
>
>At first glance, everything here looks fine. I'm not sure what to tell
you.