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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] An odd blocker
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 10:28:33
Message-Id: 20181203102421.008fa552@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] An odd blocker by Peter Humphrey
1 On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:05 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote:
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3 > [ebuild N ] dev-util/glib-utils-2.56.2::gentoo
4 > PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_6 -python3_5 (-python3_7)"
5 > PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_6 -python3_5 (-python3_7)" 7,854 KiB
6 > [ebuild U ] dev-libs/glib-2.56.2:2::gentoo [2.52.3:2::gentoo]
7 > USE="mime xattr -dbus -debug (-fam) (-selinux) -static-libs -systemtap
8 > -test -utils" PYTHON_TARGETS="(-python2_7%*)" 0 KiB [blocks b ]
9 > <dev-libs/glib-2.56.2:2 ("<dev-libs/glib-2.56.2:2" is blocking
10 > dev-util/glib-utils-2.56.2)
11 >
12 > All appears to have gone smoothly, but I wonder why upgrading glib
13 > pulls in a new glib-utils, then portage says one is blocking the other.
14 > I know it's not a hard block, but still...
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16 Just a wild guess, the utils were previously installed with glib but are
17 now a separate package.
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21 Neil Bothwick
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