Re: [gentoo-user] Gobbledegook error message from emerge.

[Mark Knecht]

On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 5:08 AM Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de> wrote:
>
> Hello, Mark.
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:11:02 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 11:09 AM Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de> wrote:
> > <SNIP>
> > > (dependency required by "dev-vcs/bzr-2.7.0::gentoo" [installed])
> > > (dependency required by "@selected" [set])
> > > (dependency required by "@world" [argument])
>
>
> > So I'm totally guessing here but as you have no other responses yet:
>
> > I'd start near the 'top', which of course is near the bottom.
>
> > What is 'bzr'?
>
> > https://packages.gentoo.org/categories/dev-vcs
>
> It is (or was) the version control system bazaar.  It was a competitor
> for mercurial and git, but just wasn't quite as good.  It was poorly
> documented, too (like git still is).  It became unmaintained maybe three
> or four years ago.  And it was written in python.
>
> > I do not see 'bzr' on this page. Is it something left over in your world
> > file, or just installed by some other app and no longer used, or moved
to
> > some other package category?
>
> I used to use bazaar until the Emacs project converted to git.  It's
> time I expunged it altogether.
>
> > If you don't know what it is and think you don't need it then if it
were me
> > I'd consider just removing it and letting emerge @world figure out how
to
> > proceed.
>
> > And all of that is just a guess. No Gentoo available right now to delve
> > further.
>
> > Best of luck,
>
> Thanks!

Hey, I got lucky! Not bad for not even having a Gentoo machine to double
check on.

Glad it worked out.

I think the lesson here is start at the bottom and work up toward the
problem. That first line is just that in the weeds computer stuff.

Cheers,
Mark