Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.2 and 3.5

[Norberto Bensa]

On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Daniel D Jones <ddjones@××××××××××××.org> wrote:
> On Sunday 01 February 2009 15:40:29 Norberto Bensa wrote:
>> On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Daniel D Jones <ddjones@××××××××××××.org>
> wrote:
>> > I have KDE 3.5 and 4.1 installed and am trying to upgrade to 4.2.  I'm
>> > getting the following:
>>
>> You'll need kde-3.5.10 (or kdebase-startkde at least)
>>
>> Look in the archives, a similar question was posted a few days ago.
>
> Thanks for your response.  I did search the archives and did not find anything
> relevant.  I saw and read a thread where a block was occurring:
>
> <=kde-base/kdebase-startkde-3.5.10" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-4.2.0
>
> It wasn't clear to me that this was the same problem, since that block
> referenced a 3.5.10 package and mine referenced a 3.5.9 package.

since the block is:

<=kde-base/kdebase-startkde-3.5.10" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-4.2.0

and 3.5.9 <= 3.5.10, then yes, the mail applies to you

You'll need kdebase-startkde > 3.5.10 (3.5.10-r5 is available in portage)


> However, upgrading to 3.5.10 raises another issue.  For 3.5, I didn't install
> the meta package, I installed the KDE base package:

Uhm... Do you mean monolitich (base) vs. modules (meta)?


> 3.5.10 is available under the meta package system but not under the KDE
> package.  Do I have to switch to the meta package to go to 3.5.10?  (Without,
> that is, manually unblocking lots and lots of packages.)  Can I simply
> install the meta package over the base package or will that create blocks or
> other issues?

I don't know. Perhaps another user can answer that question. I moved
to modules as soon as it was made available.

Regards,
Norberto