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From: Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user][SOLVED] dependancy xorg-server
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:15:49
Message-Id: 20150207161046.GC32313@syscon7
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user][SOLVED] dependancy xorg-server by Alan McKinnon
1 On 02/07/15 11:45, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 >On 07/02/2015 08:46, Joseph wrote:
3 >> On 02/07/15 07:01, Alan McKinnon wrote:
4 >>> On 06/02/2015 23:52, Joseph wrote:
5 >>>> I'm getting an error:
6 >>>>
7 >>>> (x11-base/xorg-server-1.15.2-r1:0/1.15.2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for
8 >>>> merge) pulled in by
9 >>>> (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in this slot)
10 >>>>
11 >>>> (x11-base/xorg-server-1.15.0:0/1.15.0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
12 >>>> x11-base/xorg-server:0/1.15.0= required by
13 >>>> (x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.21.15:0/0::gentoo, installed)
14 >>>>
15 >>>> ^^^^^^^^^^
16 >>>> (and 2 more with the same problem)
17 >>>>
18 >>>> Why is it complaining about "x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel"; it is a
19 >>>> valid package.
20 >>>>
21 >>>
22 >>> Please post the full output from emerge
23 >>>
24 >>>
25 >>> --
26 >>> Alan McKinnon
27 >>> alan.mckinnon@×××××.com
28 >>
29 >> SOLVED,
30 >>
31 >> I got that blocker after upgrade and when I tray to run: emerge -uDNavq
32 >> world
33 >> the problem was that the package dev-db/mariadb needed flag: "extraengine"
34 >> so adding to package.use
35 >> dev-db/mariadb extraengine
36 >>
37 >> solved the problem.
38 >>
39 >
40 >Portage is excessively verbose in it's output. With -v it dumps all
41 >sorts of info to the console and it's incredibly hard to read.
42 >
43 >It especially likes to print the full reasoning why it doesn't upgrade
44 >some package to latest due to a dependency requirement, and it's this
45 >that usually hides actual real problems in amongst all the noise.
46 >
47 >The level of verbosity from portage over the past year really should
48 >only be shown with -vvv
49 >
50 >
51 >
52 >--
53 >Alan McKinnon
54 >alan.mckinnon@×××××.com
55
56 Thank for the hint, never thought about it. I'll try next time "emerge -uDNavvvq world
57 Yes, it was very hard to read and duped information into the screen that wasn't relevant.
58 The package dev-db/mariadb was asking for flag: extraengine
59 But xorg-server showed up in front of it and I couldn't understand why.
60
61 --
62 Joseph

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Re: [gentoo-user][SOLVED] dependancy xorg-server Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>