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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Error when trying to emerge --update --deep --newuse world
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:16:09
Message-Id: 20070105190914.02e06627@hactar.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Error when trying to emerge --update --deep --newuse world by Shawn Singh
1 On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 13:50:42 -0500, Shawn Singh wrote:
2
3 > emerge --update --deep --newuse world
4 >
5 > ... here's the info ...
6 >
7 > Error: the sys-apps/coldplug package conflicts with another package;
8 > the two packages cannot be installed on the same system
9 > together. ...
10
11 Unmerge coldplug, it's no longer used.
12
13 > emerge --pretend --update --deep --newuse world > output_file
14 >
15 > followed by:
16 >
17 > grep blocks output_file
18 >
19 > [blocks B ] sys-apps/coldplug (is blocking sys-fs/udev-103)
20 >
21 > I can't emerge: sys-fs/udev-103 or udev-103 b/c that's not a valid
22 > package atom ...
23
24 No, but it is a valid package version. The problem is that you have
25 coldplug installed and coldplug's functionality is now provided by udev
26 in version 103.
27
28 > What do I need to do to resolve this?
29
30 emerge -C coldplug
31 emerge uavDN world
32
33 > "Most problems go away if you just wait long enough. It might look like
34 > I'm standing motionless but I'm actively waiting for our problems to go
35 > away. I don't know why this works but it does."
36 > Scott Adams, Dilbert comic
37
38 But not this time, eh? :)
39
40
41 --
42 Neil Bothwick
43
44 Pentium instruction of the day: FLI: Flash Lights Impressively

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Re: [gentoo-user] Error when trying to emerge --update --deep --newuse world Shawn Singh <callmeshawn@×××××.com>