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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
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 19:33:23
Message-Id: 20170307193300.75abc076@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] How to update a system if some packages can't be updated by Helmut Jarausch
1 On Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:51:28 +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2
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.
11
12 Fail how?
13
14 > Is there any means to proceed except masking all those packages
15 > which can't be currently updated.
16
17 masking packages is the usual way of dealing with this, it is even
18 recommended n the portage output.
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22 Neil Bothwick
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24 Am I ignorant or apathetic? I don't know and don't care!