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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] poppler - how to update it elegantly?
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:37:32
Message-Id: 1380544647.31708.3@numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] poppler - how to update it elegantly? by Alan McKinnon
1 On 09/30/2013 02:24:40 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On 30/09/2013 13:55, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
3 > > Hi, my most hated package is poppler. Each time in the past and now
4 > > again it's hard to upgrade.
5 > >
6 > > portage (2.2.7) cannot handle it, so I have to (manually) unmerge
7 > all
8 > > packages depending on it and emerge them after
9 > > the poppler upgrade again.
10 > >
11 > > Has anybody found a more elegant procedure?
12 > >
13 > > Many thanks,
14 > > Helmut.
15 > >
16 >
17 >
18 > poppler packaging is a pita, but it's never broke anything for me (but
19 > does cause lots and lots and lots of stuff to be rebuilt...)
20 >
21 > Yesterday's update worked just fine:
22 >
23 > $ genlop -t poppler
24 > * app-text/poppler
25 >
26 > Wed Sep 18 08:46:05 2013 >>> app-text/poppler-0.24.1
27 > merge time: 33 seconds.
28 >
29 > Sun Sep 29 12:31:08 2013 >>> app-text/poppler-0.24.2
30 > merge time: 35 seconds.
31 >
32 >
33 > What errors are you getting?
34 > Any customizations to poppler on your system?
35 > (i.e grep -r poppler /etc/portage)
36 >
37
38 First, are you using portage-2.2.7?
39 I haven't changed poppler nor its ebuild in any way.
40
41 Here is my problem:
42
43 emerge -vp app-text/poppler
44
45 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
46
47 Calculating dependencies * waiting for lock on
48 /var/db/.pkg.portage_lockfile ... [ ok ]
49 ... done!
50 [ebuild r U ] app-text/poppler-0.24.2:0/43 [0.22.5:0/37] USE="cairo
51 cjk cxx introspection jpeg lcms png qt4 tiff utils -curl -debug -doc
52 -jpeg2k" 1,470 kB
53 [ebuild rR ] net-print/cups-filters-1.0.36-r2 USE="jpeg png tiff
54 -perl -static-libs -zeroconf" 0 kB
55 [ebuild rR ] dev-tex/luatex-0.76.0 USE="-doc" 0 kB
56 [ebuild rR ] app-text/evince-3.8.3:0/evd3.4-evv3.3
57 USE="introspection postscript tiff -debug -djvu -dvi -gnome-keyring
58 -nautilus -t1lib -xps" 0 kB
59 [ebuild rR ] dev-python/python-poppler-0.12.1-r4 USE="-examples"
60 PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6" 0 kB
61 [ebuild rR ] app-office/calligra-2.7.3:4 USE="crypt eigen exif
62 fftw fontconfig gif glew glib gsf gsl handbook jpeg jpeg2k kdcraw
63 kdepim lcms marble mysql okular opengl pdf ssl threads tiff truetype
64 xbase xml xslt (-aqua) -attica -freetds -openexr -opengtl (-postgres)
65 -spacenav (-sybase) {-test} -vc -word-perfect"
66 CALLIGRA_FEATURES="author braindump flow karbon kexi krita plan sheets
67 stage words" 0 kB
68 [ebuild r U ] app-office/libreoffice-4.1.2.2-r1 [4.1.2.2]
69 USE="bluetooth branding cups dbus gnome gtk java kde opengl vba webdav
70 (-aqua) -debug -eds -gstreamer -gtk3 -jemalloc -mysql -odk -postgres
71 -telepathy {-test}" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-minimizer
72 -nlpsolver -scripting-beanshell -scripting-javascript -wiki-publisher"
73 PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 -python3_3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7
74 python3_3" 0 kB
75 [ebuild rR ] app-text/texlive-core-2013-r1 USE="X doc tk xetex
76 -cjk -source" 0 kB
77 [ebuild rR ] app-office/texmaker-4.0.4 0 kB
78
79 Total: 9 packages (2 upgrades, 7 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 1,470
80 kB
81
82 and on a different machine portage couldn't resolve blocking itself.
83
84 I'll try this (big) re-emerge later on.
85 Thanks,
86 Helmut

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Re: [gentoo-user] poppler - how to update it elegantly? Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>