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On Thursday 10 April 2008, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: |
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> If the word in emerge output was "block", meaning generically "there |
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> is a block, an incompatibility" you would be correct. But that word |
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> is "blocks", 3rd person singular, implying a subject and an object, |
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> ie something blocks something else. Or, at least that's how I see |
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> that, and I may be wrong of course. |
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If you read the ebuild you see what is actually going on with the |
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blocks, and the output could indeed be ambiguous. |
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"blocks" is 6 letters. A semantically correct phrase is longer and takes |
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up heaps of line length. The emerge dev apparently favours brevity and |
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complete data over absolute descriptive correctness. |
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In any event, when portage says "A blocks B" your options and always |
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only: |
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- unmerge B and optionally remerge or upgrade it later |
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- do not use A |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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