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From: Michael George <george@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] self-referential blocks...
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 17:19:05
Message-Id: 20051211171251.GA16464@brego.pewamo.office
1 I am ready to update my system and a problem has crept up that I thought
2 I'd solved previously.
3
4 When I do an "emerge -Duva world", I get "kdebase is blocking konsole"
5 and then later down the list I have "konsole is blocking kdebase".
6
7 I understand that kde-base/kdebase is a monolithic package and I
8 actually only want individual packages on my system, so I didn't install
9 it. However, something is now trying to pull it in.
10
11 "eix -e" of kdebase and kde shows that neither is installed (not the
12 monolithic nor the meta package).
13
14 "equery depends kdebase" lists:
15 app-cdr/k3b-0.12.4a
16 kde-base/kdm-3.4.1
17 kde-base/kcheckpass-3.4.1
18 kde-base/kdebase-meta-3.4.1
19
20 but "emerge -Duvp k3b kdm kcheckpass kdebase-meta" doesn't show the
21 blockage problem.
22
23 "emerge -tuvp world" shows that kdegames is the culprit, but it is
24 installed now and doesn't have kde-base.
25
26 Should I remove kdegames and put in kdegames-meta instead?
27
28 What is the difference between kde, kdebase, and kdebase-meta? All
29 three have version 3.5.0, so it's apparent that none supercede the
30 others...
31
32 Thanks!
33
34 --
35 -M
36
37 There are 10 kinds of people in this world:
38 Those who can count in binary and those who cannot.
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Re: [gentoo-user] self-referential blocks... Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>