Re: [gentoo-user] KDE update puzzle

[Philip Webb]

210918 J.O. Aho wrote:
> On 18/09/2021 12.10, Philip Webb wrote:
>> There is an update available for KDE Frameworks.
>> When I try to perform it, I get a conflict statement which begins
>>
>>    !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled
>>    !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:
>>    kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons:5
>>
>>    (kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-5.85.0:5/5.85::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) USE="-debug -doc (-fam) -nls -test" ABI_X86="(64)" pulled in by
>>      =kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-5.85*:5 required by (kde-frameworks/kglobalaccel-5.85.0-r1:5/5.85::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) USE="-debug -doc -nls -test" ABI_X86="(64)"
>>      ^                           ^^^^^^^
>>
>> The  ^  signs emphasise  =kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-5.85*:5
>>
>> I can't make sense of this : surely, '5.85*' includes '5.85.0',
>> so the requirement sb fulfilled.  I don't remember seeing this before.
> You have another package that wants a kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons < 5.85.0,
> so you should look for that package.  If you have equery installed,
> then run 'equery d kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons' :
> you will get a list of potential packages.

That makes no sense : the pkg cited is Kglobalaccel-5.85.0-r1 ,
which isn't going to want an earlier version of another KDE pkg.
The emphasised value is '=', not '<'.

Someone else offered :
> Is this the complete message about the conflicts ?

No : there's a long list of the same msgs, but for other KDE pkgs.

> If there is nothing more,
> please try again with the --verbose-conflicts emerge parameter.

I already did that.

Thanks certainly for trying, but has anyone anything more helpful ?

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