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From: Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge conflict
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 00:58:54
Message-Id: 57DDE6BF.3000500@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] emerge conflict by Philip Webb
1 On 09/17/2016 04:12 PM, Philip Webb wrote:
2 > Starting my regular Sat system update, 'eix-sync' told me (equivalent) :
3 >
4 > root:524 ~> eix ^perl$
5 > [U] dev-lang/perl
6 > Available versions: 5.20.2(0/5.20) ~5.20.2-r1(0/5.20) ~5.22.0(0/5.22) ~5.22.1(0/5.22) 5.22.2(0/5.22) ~5.24.0(0/5.24) ~5.24.0-r1(0/5.24) {berkdb debug doc gdbm ithreads}
7 > Installed versions: 5.20.2([2015-10-04 11:34:10])(gdbm -berkdb -debug -doc -ithreads)
8 >
9 > So I tried 'emerge -pv perl' & was told the current version of (G)Vim
10 > required the earlier installed version of Perl.
11 > After updating to the latest testing version of (G)Vim, I tried again :
12 >
13 > root:522 ~> emerge -pv perl
14 >
15 > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
16 >
17 > Calculating dependencies... done!
18 > [ebuild R ] dev-lang/perl-5.20.2:0/5.20::gentoo USE="-berkdb -debug -doc gdbm -ithreads" 0 KiB
19 >
20 > Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 KiB
21 >
22 > WARNING: One or more updates/rebuilds have been skipped due to a dependency conflict:
23 >
24 > dev-lang/perl:0
25 >
26 > (dev-lang/perl-5.22.2:0/5.22::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) conflicts with
27 > dev-lang/perl:0/5.20= required by (media-libs/exiftool-10.20:0/0::gentoo, installed)
28 > ^^^^^^^^
29 > dev-lang/perl:0/5.20=[-build(-)] required by (dev-perl/File-MimeInfo-0.270.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
30 > ^^^^^^^^
31 > =dev-lang/perl-5.20.2* required by (virtual/perl-File-Spec-3.480.100-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
32 > ^ ^^^^^^^
33 > =dev-lang/perl-5.20* required by (virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.330.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
34 > ^ ^^^^^
35 > dev-lang/perl:0/5.20= required by (media-gfx/graphite2-1.3.8:0/0::gentoo, installed)
36 > ^^^^^^^^
37 > dev-lang/perl:0/5.20= required by (net-print/cups-filters-1.5.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
38 > ^^^^^^^^
39 > dev-lang/perl:0/5.20=[-build(-)] required by (dev-perl/File-DesktopEntry-0.40.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
40 > ^^^^^^^^
41 > dev-lang/perl:0/5.20=[-build(-)] required by (dev-perl/File-BaseDir-0.30.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
42 > ^^^^^^^^
43 > dev-lang/perl:0/5.20= required by (app-editors/gvim-8.0.0005:0/0::gentoo, installed)
44 > ^^^^^^^^
45 > dev-lang/perl:0/5.20=[-build(-)] required by (perl-core/Data-Dumper-2.154.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
46 > ^^^^^^^^
47 > >=dev-lang/perl-5.8.8:0/5.20= required by (media-gfx/imagemagick-6.9.4.6:0/6.9.4.6::gentoo, installed)
48 > ^^^^^^^^
49 > dev-lang/perl:0/5.20=[-build(-)] required by (perl-core/File-Temp-0.230.400-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
50 > ^^^^^^^^
51 > dev-lang/perl:0/5.20= required by (app-editors/vim-8.0.0005:0/0::gentoo, installed)
52 > ^^^^^^^^
53 >
54 > Portage is refusing to update to the latest stable Perl,
55 > whether I have an earlier version of Vim (-13xx) or the latest version.
56 >
57 > How do I update Perl without dropping Vim ?
58 >
59
60 It doesn't look like just vim - it looks like exiftool, graphite2,
61 cups-filters, gvim, and imagemagick all are blocking.
62
63 I'd guess that these packages need a version bump or you need to unmask
64 one of the newer builds (most likely they haven't been stabilized yet.)
65
66 Dan

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge conflict Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>