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From: Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Blocking package is not actually installed
Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 17:31:21
Message-Id: 1209663078.2096.5.camel@camille.espersunited.com
1 I'm trying to install a package that is being blocked by a package that
2 portage claims is not even installed:
3
4 catherine ~ # emerge -av =dev-util/gtk-doc-am-1.10-r1
5
6 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
7
8 Calculating dependencies... done!
9 [ebuild N ] dev-util/gtk-doc-am-1.10-r1 395 kB
10 [blocks B ] dev-util/gtk-doc-am (is blocking
11 dev-util/gtk-doc-1.8-r2)
12
13 Total: 1 package (1 new, 1 block), Size of downloads: 395 kB
14
15 !!! Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
16 installed
17 !!! at the same time on the same system.
18
19 For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the
20 following
21 section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):
22
23 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked
24
25 catherine ~ # emerge -pv dev-util/gtk-doc-am
26
27 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
28
29 Calculating dependencies... done!
30 [ebuild N ] dev-util/gtk-doc-am-1.10-r1 395 kB
31 [blocks B ] dev-util/gtk-doc-am (is blocking
32 dev-util/gtk-doc-1.8-r2)
33
34 Total: 1 package (1 new, 1 block), Size of downloads: 395 kB
35
36 What should I do?
37
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[gentoo-user] Blocking package is not actually installed John covici <covici@××××××××××.com>