Re: [gentoo-user] emerge wants to upgrade gtk+ but it's masked

[Franz Fellner]

Adding "--verbose --tree" to your emerge options probably reveals the offending package.
It is likely this is caused by a dependency you have not yet masked.

Meld master already contains fixes for those issues, so hopefully they release a fixed
version soon...

On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 10:30:21 +0200, Raffaele BELARDI <raffaele.belardi@××.com> wrote:
> I have masked >gtk+-3.18.9 due to issues with meld on my system [1],[2].
> Today's update wants me to unmask it [3]. Checking the ebuilds, none of
> the packages emerge lists should need a gtk+ higher than gtk+-3.18.9;
> for example the most probable candidate, gcr-3.20.,0 depends only on:
> COMMON_DEPEND="
>         >=app-crypt/p11-kit-0.19
>         >=dev-libs/glib-2.38:2
>         >=dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.2.2:0=
>         >=dev-libs/libtasn1-1:=
>         >=sys-apps/dbus-1
>         gtk? ( >=x11-libs/gtk+-3.12:3[X,introspection?] )
>         introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.34:= )
>
> Also none of the installed packages needs it [4].
>
> Any way I can convince emerge to proceed with the update without
> unmasking gtk+-3.20.x?
>
> thanks,
>
> raffaele
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [1] # cat /etc/portage/package.mask
> # the last good meld version was linked against x11-libs/gtk+-3.18.6,
> .7, .8, .9
> # try masking higher library version
>  >x11-libs/gtk+-3.18.9
> # higher than this one pulls in x11-libs/gtk+-3.20.x
>  >x11-libs/gtksourceview-3.18.3
>
> # eix -I gtk+
> [U] x11-libs/gtk+
>       Available versions:
>       (1)    1.2.10-r13
>       (2)    *2.24.28-r1 2.24.30^t (~)2.24.31^t
>       (3)    *3.16.7 3.18.9{tbz2} [m](~)3.20.8^t{tbz2} [m](~)3.20.9^t
>         {X aqua broadway cloudprint colord cups debug examples
> +introspection nls test vim-syntax wayland xinerama ABI_MIPS="n32 n64
> o32" ABI_PPC="32 64" ABI_S390="32 64" ABI_X86="32 64 x32" LINGUAS="az ca
> cs da de el es et eu fi fr ga gl hr hu it ja ko lt nl nn no pl pt pt_BR
> ro ru sk sl sr sv tr uk vi"}
>       Installed versions:  2.24.30(2)^t(08:43:17 AM
> 08/18/2016)(introspection -aqua -cups -debug -examples -test -vim-syntax
> -xinerama ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64" ABI_S390="-32 -64"
> ABI_X86="32 -64 -x32") 3.18.9(3){tbz2}(10:20:59 AM 08/10/2016)(X
> introspection -aqua -broadway -cloudprint -colord -cups -debug -examples
> -test -vim-syntax -wayland -xinerama ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32"
> ABI_PPC="-32 -64" ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="32 -64 -x32")
>
>
> [2] with gtk+-3.20.x the tabs and buttons in meld are drawn without the
> surrounding border line thus it's unusable. I opened a bug on gnome but
> it was rightly dismissed as a packaging system issue
> (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=769699).
>
>
> [3] The following mask changes are necessary to proceed:
>   (see "package.unmask" in the portage(5) man page for more details)
> # required by app-crypt/gcr-3.20.0::gentoo[gtk]
> # required by gnome-base/gvfs-1.28.3-r1::gentoo
> # required by x11-libs/libfm-1.2.4::gentoo[automount,udisks]
> # required by lxde-base/lxpanel-0.8.2::gentoo
> # required by lxde-base/lxde-meta-0.5.5-r5::gentoo
> # required by @selected
> # required by @world (argument)
> # /etc/portage/package.mask:
> # the last good meld version was linked against x11-libs/gtk+-3.18.6,
> .7, .8, .9
> # try masking higher library version
> =x11-libs/gtk+-3.20.9
>
>
> [4] # equery d x11-libs/gtk+
>   * These packages depend on x11-libs/gtk+:
> app-crypt/gcr-3.20.0 (gtk ? >=x11-libs/gtk+-3.12:3[X,introspection?])
> app-crypt/pinentry-0.9.7-r1 (gtk ? x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> app-editors/leafpad-0.8.18.1 (x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.19 (gtk ? x11-libs/gtk+:3)
>                                (gtk ? x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> app-text/gtkspell-2.0.16 (x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> dev-java/oracle-jre-bin-1.8.0.102 (javafx ? x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> dev-libs/keybinder-0.3.1-r200 (>=x11-libs/gtk+-2.20:2)
> dev-libs/libunique-1.1.6-r1 (>=x11-libs/gtk+-2.11:2[introspection?])
> dev-python/pygobject-3.20.1 (test ? x11-libs/gtk+:3[introspection])
> dev-util/meld-3.16.2 (>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.14:3[introspection])
> games-misc/xcowsay-1.3 (x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> gnome-base/gvfs-1.28.3-r1 (gtk ? >=x11-libs/gtk+-3.0:3)
> gnome-base/libglade-2.6.4-r2
> (>=x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.23:2[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_ppc_32(-)?,abi_ppc_64(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?])
> gnome-base/librsvg-2.40.16 (tools ? >=x11-libs/gtk+-3.10.0:3)
> gnome-extra/polkit-gnome-0.105-r1 (x11-libs/gtk+:3)
> lxde-base/lxappearance-0.5.5 (x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> lxde-base/lxde-common-0.5.5-r3 (x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> lxde-base/lxde-icon-theme-0.5.0-r1 (x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> lxde-base/lxinput-0.3.2 (x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> lxde-base/lxpanel-0.8.1 (x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> lxde-base/lxrandr-0.1.2 (x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> lxde-base/lxsession-0.5.2 (x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> lxde-base/lxtask-0.1.6 (x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> lxde-base/lxterminal-0.2.0-r1 (!gtk3 ? x11-libs/gtk+:2)
>                                (gtk3 ? x11-libs/gtk+:3)
> media-gfx/gpicview-0.2.4 (>=x11-libs/gtk+-2.6:2)
> media-sound/ario-1.5.1-r1 (>=x11-libs/gtk+-2.16:2)
> net-im/pidgin-2.11.0 (gtk ? >=x11-libs/gtk+-2.10:2[aqua=])
> sys-devel/gcc-5.4.0 (awt ? =x11-libs/gtk+-2*)
> www-client/seamonkey-2.42.3.0_p0 (>=x11-libs/gtk+-2.18:2)
> www-client/w3m-0.5.3-r8 (vanilla ? x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.632 (x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> x11-libs/gtksourceview-3.18.3 (>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.16:3[introspection?])
> x11-libs/libfm-1.2.4 (gtk ? >=x11-libs/gtk+-2.16:2)
> x11-libs/libnotify-0.7.6-r3 (test ?
> x11-libs/gtk+:3[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_ppc_32(-)?,abi_ppc_64(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?])
> x11-libs/libwnck-2.31.0 (>=x11-libs/gtk+-2.19.7:2[introspection?])
> x11-libs/vte-0.28.2-r207 (>=x11-libs/gtk+-2.20:2[introspection?])
> x11-misc/notification-daemon-3.18.2 (>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.15.2:3)
> x11-misc/obconf-2.0.4 (x11-libs/gtk+:2)
> x11-misc/pcmanfm-1.2.3 (>=x11-libs/gtk+-2.16:2)
>
>
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