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From: Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Please help me with an emerge "slot" problem.
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 21:28:02
Message-Id: 20130713212752.GY3387@server
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Please help me with an emerge "slot" problem. by Alan Mackenzie
1 On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 06:55:36PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
2 > Hi, Gentoo.
3 >
4 > When I try "emerge -puND libgcrypt", I get a list of packages to merge
5 > followed by this error message:
6 >
7 > !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled
8 > !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:
9 >
10 > dev-libs/libgcrypt:0
11 >
12 > (dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5.2-r1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
13 > (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in this slot)
14 >
15 > (dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5.0-r2::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
16 > >=dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.1.90:0/0= required by (net-misc/vino-2.32.2-r1::gentoo, installed)
17 > (and 1 more with the same problem)
18 >
19 > What is this message telling me? Why won't vino-2.32.2-r1 work with
20 > libgcrypt-1.5.2-r1?
21
22 Looks like >=dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.1.90:0/0 or some such in
23 /etc/portage/package.* somewhere fouling the works.
24
25 Those >= usually get set by that autounmask creature, and never are good for
26 the long run.
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