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From: Michael Sullivan <msulli1355@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] How can this be blocking my emerge -uD world if it's not installed
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:03:39
Message-Id: 1267815764.17438.4.camel@camille.espersunited.com
1 I'm trying to run emerge -uD world:
2
3 [blocks B ] sys-power/powermgmt-base ("sys-power/powermgmt-base" is
4 blocking sys-power/pm-utils-1.2.5)
5
6 * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
7 * installed at the same time on the same system.
8
9 ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-power/powermgmt-base-1.22', 'merge') pulled in by
10 >=sys-power/powermgmt-base-1.22 required by ('ebuild', '/',
11 'sys-apps/apmd-3.2.2_p5', 'merge')
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13 ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-power/pm-utils-1.2.5', 'merge') pulled in by
14 sys-power/pm-utils required by ('ebuild', '/',
15 'kde-base/powerdevil-4.3.5', 'merge')
16
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18 For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the
19 following
20 section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):
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22 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked
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28 camille kde-base # emerge -C sys-power/powermgmt-base
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30 --- Couldn't find 'sys-power/powermgmt-base' to unmerge.
31
32 >>> No packages selected for removal by unmerge
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37 camille kde-base #
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39 As you can see powermgmt-base isn't even installed. How can I get it to
40 stop blocking my emerge if it's not actually there???

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