Re: [gentoo-user] Will installing grub-2.02 break my grub-0.97 setup?

[J. Roeleveld]

On Thursday, May 05, 2016 09:24:03 PM Dale wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
> > I'd like to to install winusb, and it appears to depend on grub-2:
> >   $ sudo emerge -av winusb
> >
> >   These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> >
> >   Calculating dependencies... done!
> >   [ebuild  N     ] sys-fs/ntfs3g-2014.2.15-r1::gentoo  USE="acl
> >   external-fuse ntfsprogs xattr -debug -ntfsdecrypt -static-libs -suid"
> >   1,117 KiB [ebuild  N     ] sys-block/parted-3.2::gentoo  USE="debug nls
> >   readline -device-mapper (-selinux) -static-libs" 1,617 KiB [ebuild  NS
> >     ] sys-boot/grub-2.02_beta2-r9:2/2.02_beta2-r9::gentoo
> >   [0.97-r16:0::gentoo] USE="fonts multislot nls themes -debug
> >   -device-mapper -doc -efiemu (-libzfs) -mount -sdl -static {-test}
> >   -truetype" GRUB_PLATFORMS="-coreboot -efi-32 -efi-64 -emu -ieee1275
> >   -loongson -multiboot -pc -qemu -qemu-mips -uboot -xen" 1,739 KiB
> >   [ebuild  N     ] sys-boot/winusb-1.0.11::gentoo  553 KiB
> >
> >   Total: 4 packages (3 new, 1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 5,025 KiB
> >
> >   Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No]
> >
> > However, I'm prefectly happy with grub-0.97, and want to continue
> > using it.  If I let portage install grub:2, is it going to interfere
> > with my continued use of grub:0?
> >
> > Since grub-2.02 is being installed in a new slot, one would assume it
> > won't interfere with continue use of grub-0.97...
> >
> > Right?
>
> I thought I did at one time.  Just to see, I tried this:
>
>
> root@fireball /home/dale/Desktop # emerge -av =sys-boot/grub-0.97-r16
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild  NS    ] sys-boot/grub-0.97-r16:0::gentoo
> [2.02_beta2-r9:2/2.02_beta2-r9::gentoo] USE="ncurses -custom-cflags
> -netboot -static" 1,034 KiB
> [blocks B      ] <sys-boot/grub-2 ("<sys-boot/grub-2" is blocking
> sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r12)
>
> Total: 1 package (1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 1,034 KiB
> Conflict: 1 block (1 unsatisfied)
>
>  * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
>  * installed at the same time on the same system.
>
>   (sys-boot/grub-0.97-r16:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
> pulled in by
>     sys-boot/grub required by @selected
>     =sys-boot/grub-0.97-r16
>
>   (sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r12:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
>     sys-boot/grub-static required by @selected
>
>
> For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
> section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):
>
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Working/Portage#Blocked_packages
>
>
>
> It would seem that portage doesn't like them both being installed at the
> same time.  I'm pretty sure I did have both installed at one time tho.
> I seem to recall being able to chain load them even.  Either I'm wrong
> on what I remember or something changed that prevents them both being
> installed at the same time.
>
> Weird.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)

Reread the message :)

>   (sys-boot/grub-0.97-r16:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
It wants to install -0.97-r16

>   (sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r12:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
It has: static-0.97-r12

In other words, you can't install the static and the non-static installed 
simultaneously :)

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Joost