Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] complex depencies - how to cut the Gordian knot?
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:12:24
Message-Id: E0E6958D-E7DF-4A5A-97AC-AE621FDE1BA5@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] complex depencies - how to cut the Gordian knot? by Helmut Jarausch
1 On 10 Jul 2009, at 11:44, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2 > ...
3 > emerge --keep-going -j2 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep @system
4 > @world
5 > gives a lot of blockings which I don't quite understand (and there are
6 > so many) - see below.
7 > ...
8 >
9 > [blocks B ] <x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.2 ("<x11-libs/qt-
10 > xmlpatterns-4.5.2" is blocking x11-libs/qt-assistant-4.5.2, x11-libs/
11 > qt-opengl-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.2,
12 > x11-libs/qt-test-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-svg-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.2-
13 > r1, x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.2, x11-libs/
14 > qt-core-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2)
15 > [blocks B ] >x11-libs/qt-test-4.5.1-r9999 (">x11-libs/qt-
16 > test-4.5.1-r9999" is blocking x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.1)
17 > [blocks B ] >x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.1-r9999 (">x11-libs/qt-
18 > script-4.5.1-r9999" is blocking x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.1)
19 > [blocks B ] >x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.1-r9999 (">x11-libs/qt-
20 > sql-4.5.1-r9999" is blocking x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.1)
21 > ...
22
23 All these version -4.5.1-r9999 packages look very suspicious to me.
24 Honestly, I'd uninstall all the the blocking packages, `emerge -upv
25 world` and let suitable versions be pulled in as dependencies.
26
27 Stroller.