Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Graham Murray <graham@×××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] blocking package can't be found
Date:	Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:15:24
Message-Id:	`87fxtssi3r.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] blocking package can't be found by Neil Bothwick

1	Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> writes:
2
3	> Because of the nature of a block, only one of the named packages can be
4	> installed, so just unmerge that one, wherever it appears in the block
5	> message :)
6
7	Is that always true? I seem to remember seeing cases where an upgrade of
8	X wanted to install A and the upgrade of Y wanted to install B, and the
9	blocker saying that A blocks B when neither (the specific versions of) A
10	nor B are currently installed.
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Subject	Author
Re: [gentoo-user] blocking package can't be found	Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>