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Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 05:48:22AM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote |
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>> emerge unmerge openmotif |
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>> emerge openmotif |
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> Thanks; it worked. Actually, I unmerged openmotif, and then went |
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> right to the update of world. I misread the diagnostic message... |
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> "<=x11-libs/openmotif-2.3.0 (is blocking x11-libs/openmotif-2.3.0-r1)" |
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> ...as saying that some other program required a version of openmotif |
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> which was <= 2.3.0. I figure that an older version of program x should |
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> not be considered as a "block" to a newer version of program x. Isn't |
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> that the whole point of "--update"? |
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I can see how that would be confusing. I have done that myself. |
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Generally though, whatever has the word block next to it, has to be |
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removed. Just make sure it is not something that portage needs. I have |
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never had to remove python or anything critical that I can recall but if |
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you are unsure, ask first by all means. Better safe than sorry. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) :-) |
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