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From: Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o>
To: acm@×××.de
Cc: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "Multiple package instances ....". Help me understand this emerge error, please.
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:50:43
Message-Id: 20140321145025.24b55e1b@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] "Multiple package instances ....". Help me understand this emerge error, please. by Alan Mackenzie
1 On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:15:05 +0000
2 Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de> wrote:
3
4 > (media-libs/libpng-1.6.8::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
5 > pulled in by (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in
6 > this slot)
7
8 Whenever you see this, "(no parents that ...)", you'll want to be aware
9 that there is backtracking going on and that in this case it failed to
10 find a solution through backtracking.
11
12 Exactly, the rest of your emerge output you have cut away actually
13 matters here; the part above could reveal that there perhaps might be a
14 blocker stopping the backtracking, the part under reveals that you need
15 to increase the backtracking value and try again (if no blocker).
16
17 --
18 With kind regards,
19
20 Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
21 Gentoo Developer
22
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