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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 07:49:01
Message-Id: 54154864.ca9f700a.4e0b.ffffcf61@mx.google.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] unix2dos blocks dos2unix by Nilesh Govindrajan
1 On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 12:57:37 +0530
2 Nilesh Govindrajan <me@××××××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > On Sun, 2014-09-14 at 10:24 +0300, Gevisz wrote:
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 > % eix dos2unix
51 > 14-09-14 - 12:56:42
52 > * app-text/dos2unix
53 > Available versions: 6.0.3 6.0.5 (~)6.0.6 {debug nls}
54 > Homepage: http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/dos2unix.html
55 > http://sourceforge.net/projects/dos2unix/
56 > Description: Convert DOS or MAC text files to UNIX format
57 > or ***vice versa***
58 >
59 >
60 > dos2unix handles both, that's why.
61 >
62
63 Ok, thak you. I have only checked that unix2dos converts one way.
64 But, anyway, it is unexpected behavior.

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Re: [gentoo-user] unix2dos blocks dos2unix Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>