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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to update a system if some packages can't be updated
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 19:55:40
Message-Id: f27faef2-2e27-5c9c-f630-952605addb5e@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] How to update a system if some packages can't be updated by Dale
1 On 07/03/2017 21:46, Dale wrote:
2 > Helmut Jarausch wrote:
3 >> Hi,
4 >> I have packages which can't be updated at the moment, e.g.
5 >> dev-python/numba doesn't work with llvm-4.0.0(_rc3)
6 >> But this makes
7 >>
8 >> emerge -uvp --tree --unordered-display --verbose-conflicts --deep
9 >> --with-bdeps=y @world
10 >>
11 >> fail. Is there any means to proceed except masking all those packages
12 >> which can't be currently updated.
13 >>
14 >> Many thanks for a hint,
15 >> Helmut
16 >>
17 >
18 > Would --keepgoing work? Sometimes that doesn't work, depending on what
19 > packages depend on something that needs to be updated first. Also,
20 > sometimes --skipfirst comes in handy.
21
22 Helmut's question looks like emerge fails to make a list of stuff to
23 compile due to hard blocks. Not a compile failure.
24
25 So --keep-going won't work
26
27 --
28 Alan McKinnon
29 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] How to update a system if some packages can't be updated Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>