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On Thursday 10 April 2008, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: |
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> On Thursday 10 April 2008, 14:08, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > In any event, when portage says "A blocks B" your options and |
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> > always only: |
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> > - unmerge B and optionally remerge or upgrade it later |
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> > - do not use A |
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> I have always resolved "A blocks B" problems by unmerging A. After |
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> that, portage was not complaining anymore, and B emerged fine. |
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> Or at least, that's what I think I did :-) |
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That was what I did as well in the past. Didn't work this time because |
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I couldn't unmerge A because it apparently wasn't installed yet. |
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Obviously Alan was right because all went well after I unmerged B. The |
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problem remains that I am pretty sure I will draw the same conclusion |
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next time this happens. Well, I will read Alans explanation another |
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couple of times. Maybe enlightenment will eventual strike me. ;-) |
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Uwe |
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Informal Linux Group Namibia: |
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http://www.linux.org.na/ |
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SysEx (Pty) Ltd.: |
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http://www.SysEx.com.na/ |
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