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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to update a system if some packages can't be updated
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 19:47:11
Message-Id: b6bfb076-e10a-cb74-f63f-d921be783ddc@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] How to update a system if some packages can't be updated by Helmut Jarausch
1 Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 > I have packages which can't be updated at the moment, e.g.
4 > dev-python/numba doesn't work with llvm-4.0.0(_rc3)
5 > But this makes
6 >
7 > emerge -uvp --tree --unordered-display --verbose-conflicts --deep
8 > --with-bdeps=y @world
9 >
10 > fail. Is there any means to proceed except masking all those packages
11 > which can't be currently updated.
12 >
13 > Many thanks for a hint,
14 > Helmut
15 >
16
17 Would --keepgoing work? Sometimes that doesn't work, depending on what
18 packages depend on something that needs to be updated first. Also,
19 sometimes --skipfirst comes in handy.
20
21 Dale
22
23 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] How to update a system if some packages can't be updated Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>