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From: Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] slot conflict when trying to emerge xorg-server-1.14.3-r2
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 14:59:29
Message-Id: 20131114145914.GJ27865@server
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] slot conflict when trying to emerge xorg-server-1.14.3-r2 by Nicolas Bock
1 On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:23:43AM -0700, Nicolas Bock wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > emerge --oneshot xorg-server throws this error message:
5 >
6 > !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled
7 > !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:
8 >
9 > x11-base/xorg-server:0
10 >
11 > (x11-base/xorg-server-1.13.4-r1::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
12 > x11-base/xorg-server:0/1.13.4= required by
13 > (x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv-2.1.20-r1::gentoo, installed)
14 > x11-base/xorg-server:0/1.13.4= required by
15 > (x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.9::gentoo, installed)
16 > x11-base/xorg-server:0/1.13.4= required by
17 > (x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.8.1::gentoo, installed)
18 > x11-base/xorg-server:0/1.13.4= required by
19 > (x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-2.3.3::gentoo, installed)
20 > x11-base/xorg-server:0/1.13.4= required by
21 > (x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.4::gentoo, installed)
22 > x11-base/xorg-server:0/1.13.4= required by
23 > (x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.7.0::gentoo, installed)
24 > x11-base/xorg-server:0/1.13.4= required by
25 > (x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.9.0::gentoo, installed)
26 >
27 > (x11-base/xorg-server-1.14.3-r2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
28 > pulled in by
29 > (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in this slot)
30 >
31 > Why isn't xorg-server simply updated and the drivers re-emerged
32 > because of the sub-slot changes?
33 >
34 > Thanks,
35 >
36 > nick
37
38 Welcome to the flipping subslot nightmare of 2013.
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