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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] slot conflict - xfce-base/libxfce4util
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2015 17:35:56
Message-Id: 20150905173545.GA1081@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] slot conflict - xfce-base/libxfce4util by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 150905 thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
2 > I'm confused sometimes as to these slot conflicts, eg. I'm getting:
3 >
4 > !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled
5 > !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:
6 >
7 > xfce-base/libxfce4util:0
8 >
9 > (xfce-base/libxfce4util-4.10.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
10 > <xfce-base/libxfce4util-4.11 required by (xfce-base/libxfcegui4-4.10.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
11 > ^ ^^^^
12 > (xfce-base/libxfce4util-4.12.1:0/7::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
13 > >=xfce-base/libxfce4util-4.12:= required by (xfce-base/libxfce4ui-4.12.1-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
14 >
15 > How do I go about unmerging/selecting one of them?
16
17 I would try unmerging libxfce4util libxfcegui .
18
19 Problems in Gentoo are usually 1 level deep :
20 the skill is in identifying just where in the garden to dig (smile).
21
22 However, like other users, I am becoming irritated
23 by the opacity of Portage conflict messages.
24 Really, can't our valued + respected devs do better in this area ?
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