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From: Gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] unix2dos blocks dos2unix
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 07:51:23
Message-Id: 541548f2.c510700a.1757.ffffd0fe@mx.google.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] unix2dos blocks dos2unix by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 09:32:40 +0200
2 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
3
4 > Gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com> [14-09-14 09:28]:
5 > > I have just installed unix2dos utility
6 > > (never had a need to use it before) and
7 > > just after that tried to install dos2unix
8 > > but the installation of dos2unix failed
9 > > complaining on the fact that
10 > >
11 > > "app-text/unix2dos" is blocking app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5
12 > >
13 > > I find it very strange as I think that if someone
14 > > needs unix2dos utility he usually also needs dos2unix
15 > > utility, especially taking into account that unix2dos
16 > > by default overwrites its input file.
17 > >
18 > > This is the output from the emerge command:
19 > >
20 > > # emerge --ask dos2unix
21 > >
22 > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
23 > >
24 > > Calculating dependencies... done!
25 > > [ebuild N ] app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5 USE="nls -debug"
26 > > [blocks B ] app-text/unix2dos ("app-text/unix2dos" is blocking
27 > > app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5)
28 > > [blocks B ] >=app-text/dos2unix-5 (">=app-text/dos2unix-5" is
29 > > blocking app-text/unix2dos-2.2-r1)
30 > >
31 > > * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
32 > > * installed at the same time on the same system.
33 > >
34 > > (app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
35 > > pulled in by dos2unix
36 > >
37 > > (app-text/unix2dos-2.2-r1::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
38 > > app-text/unix2dos required by @selected
39 > >
40 > >
41 > > For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the
42 > > following section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is
43 > > irrelevant):
44 > >
45 > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked
46 > >
47 > > Any thought?
48 > >
49 >
50 > A shot in the dark:
51 > * app-text/dos2unix
52 > Available versions: 6.0.3 6.0.5 ~6.0.6 ~7.0 {debug nls test}
53 > Homepage:
54 > http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/dos2unix.html
55 > http://sourceforge.net/projects/dos2unix/ Description:
56 > Convert DOS or MAC text files to UNIX format or vice versa
57 >
58 > * app-text/unix2dos
59 > Available versions: 2.2-r1
60 > Homepage: http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/dos2unix.html
61 > Description: UNIX to DOS text file format converter
62 >
63 > Since dos2unix does both ways - remove unix2dos and you should be
64 > fine...
65
66 Thank you.
67
68 > Best regards,
69 > mcc
70 >
71 >
72 >