Re: [gentoo-dev] Problems updating Qt from 4.8.6 to 4.8.7

[Ben de Groot]

On 6 July 2015 at 03:25, Sebastian Pipping <sping@g.o> wrote:
> On 05.07.2015 20:44, Alexandre Rostovtsev wrote:
>> What I usually end up doing is listing my installed dev-qt/qt* ebuilds, and
>> updating all of them together explicitly:
>>
>> emerge -1 qtcore:4 qtgui:4 qtsql:4 etc.
>
> That's what I tried but it doesn't seem to work with this update.
>
> Looking at the dependencies of qtgui
>
>   dev-qt/qtgui-4.8.6-r4
>     DEPEND
>       ~dev-qt/qtcore-4.8.6
>
>   dev-qt/qtgui-4.8.7
>     DEPEND
>       ~dev-qt/qtcore-4.8.7
>
> I really wonder if there is any update path from having
>
>   dev-qt/qtcore-4.8.6-r2
>   dev-qt/qtgui-4.8.6-r4
>
> installed before to
>
>   dev-qt/qtcore-4.8.7
>   dev-qt/qtgui-4.8.7
>
> after.  Right now, it looks like I have to use "emerge -C .." to
> un-install them completely, temporary breaking Qt and installing 4.8.7
> fresh.  I'm still hoping for some way to not needing to do that.
>
>
>> Alternatively, just try "emerge --update --deep world" - it probably should
>> work if you have a consistent, complete and updateable world set.
>
> That's where I'm coming from.  It doesn't stop complaining because of Qt.
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Sebastian
>
>

See also https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Qt/FAQ#Why_do_I_get_blockers_when_trying_to_emerge_Qt.3F

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Cheers,

Ben | yngwin
Gentoo developer