Re: [gentoo-user] Important package blocked by another important package

[Pandu Poluan]

If you checked sysvinit's changelog, the latest (-r3) has a note about
something that sysvinit will no longer make because it's now provided
by unix-utils. (Sorry, I forgot what, exactly).

So in this case, installing sysvinit < -r3 will conflict with unix-utils.

It is not that unknown -- in the Gentoo world -- for a stable package
to pull in an unstable package, because packages don't get stabilized
at the same time.

So, just put in the line '=sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r3 ~amd64 ~x86' in
/etc/portage/package.accept_keywords and be merry :)

Personally, I'd put '<=sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r99 ~amd64 ~x86' in that
file. I have the conviction that versions with greater '-r' would be
better, since it's a revision to the same version.

(Of course, this bit me once, when a hardened-sources with larger -r
is buggy; but the problem was fixed with a newer -r after two or three
days.)

Rgds,


On 2011-08-30, meino.cramer@×××.de <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is it normal/ok, that an unmasked package pulls in a masked one?
>
> Best regards,
> mcc
>
>
>
> Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> [11-08-30 04:56]:
>> Your sysvinit is 2.88-r1. Try upgrading it to 2.88-r3, as wanted by
>> util-linux.
>>
>> You may have to unmask it in /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords
>>
>> Rgds,
>>
>>
>> On 2011-08-30, meino.cramer@×××.de <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > How can I get out of this:
>> >
>> > Calculating dependencies... done!
>> > [ebuild     U ~] sys-apps/util-linux-2.20 [2.19.1-r1] USE="cramfs crypt
>> > ncurses nls perl unicode -loop-aes -old-linux (-selinux) -slang
>> > -static-libs% (-uclibc)" 4,507 kB
>> > [blocks B      ] <sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r3
>> > ("<sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r3" is
>> > blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.20)
>> >
>> > Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 4,507 kB
>> > Conflict: 1 block (1 unsatisfied)
>> >
>> >  * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
>> >  * installed at the same time on the same system.
>> >
>> >   (sys-apps/util-linux-2.20::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled
>> > in
>> > by
>> >     >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by
>> > (sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.73-r1::gentoo,
>> > installed)
>> >     >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by (sys-fs/udev-164-r2::gentoo,
>> > installed)
>> >     >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by
>> > (x11-libs/libSM-1.2.0::gentoo,
>> > installed)
>> >     sys-apps/util-linux required by (app-text/xmlto-0.0.23::gentoo,
>> > installed)
>> >     >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by (dev-libs/apr-1.4.4::gentoo,
>> > installed)
>> >     sys-apps/util-linux required by @system
>> >     >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.13 required by
>> > (sys-power/pm-utils-1.4.1::gentoo, installed)
>> >     >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.13 required by
>> > (www-plugins/nspluginwrapper-1.4.4::gentoo, installed)
>> >     >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by
>> > (sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.14::gentoo, installed)
>> >     sys-apps/util-linux required by
>> > (app-text/build-docbook-catalog-1.4::gentoo, installed)
>> >
>> >   (sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r1::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
>> >     >=sys-apps/sysvinit-2.86-r6 required by (virtual/init-0::gentoo,
>> > installed)
>> >
>> >
>> > ???
>> >
>> > Thank you very much in advance for any unblocking help ! :)
>> > Best regards,
>> > mcc
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> --
>> Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer
>> My website: http://pandu.poluan.info/
>>
>
>
>


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