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From: Alexey Eschenko <skobkin-ru@××.ru>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] net-wireless/blueman-2.1_alpha2 blocked by net-wireless/gnome-bluetooth - is it necessary?
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2017 00:48:01
Message-Id: 7e962a44-83d8-8e64-9bc8-f848dbf84e28@ya.ru
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] net-wireless/blueman-2.1_alpha2 blocked by net-wireless/gnome-bluetooth - is it necessary? by Alan McKinnon
1 Except that fact that I didn't unmasked it.
2 > # fgrep -rni blueman /etc/portage
3 > /etc/portage/package.use/blueman:1:#net-wireless/blueman
4 But I understand other possible reasons.
5
6 On 12/08/2017 07:37 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
7 > On 08/12/2017 15:22, Alexey Eschenko wrote:
8 >> It can be the issue. But older version (2.0.4) which is currently
9 >> installed works fine and has no conflicts.
10 >>
11 >> It's quite strange.
12 >>
13 >>
14 >> On 12/08/2017 03:39 PM, Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov wrote:
15 >>>> Is it really necessary to block one package when another installed?
16 >>> Most of the time, the reason to make packages to block each other is
17 >>> collisions (if they they contain files (like binaries or libraries)
18 >>> with same
19 >>> install paths).
20 >>>
21 >>> Although, I can't guarantee that it was the case here.
22 >>>
23 >>> I've noticed that Gnome Team makes some decisions, that doesn't looks
24 >>> logical
25 >>> for a few times already.
26 >>>
27 >
28 > It's not at all strange; it's quite ordinary actually.
29 >
30 > Keeping in mind that I do not use these packages, or gnome, look at the
31 > available blueman packages:
32 >
33 > # eix net-wireless/blueman
34 > * net-wireless/blueman
35 > Available versions: (~)2.0.3 (~)2.0.4 [M](~)2.1_alpha1 **9999
36 > {appindicator network nls policykit pulseaudio thunar
37 > PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 python3_4 python3_5 python3_6"
38 > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4 python3_5 python3_6"}
39 >
40 > 2.1 is still in an alpha state, and it is p.masked:
41 >
42 > /var/portage/profiles/package.mask:
43 > # Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> (26 Jan 2017)
44 > # Pre-release, masked for testing. Major changes since 2.0.4,
45 > # including dropped support for BlueZ 4.
46 >
47 > It is not unreasonable to conclude that blueman-2.1 intends to add
48 > features that conflict with gnome-bluetooth and they can't co-exist. As
49 > Vadim said, file collisions are often the underlying cause.
50 >
51 > You unmasked an alpha package, clearly tagged as "for testing". Nothing
52 > add abut the result you got at all.
53 >
54 >
55 >
56
57 --
58 Kind regards,
59 Alexey Eschenko
60 https://skobk.in/

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