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From: Xi Shen <davidshen84@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Circular blockage
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:14:54
Message-Id: AANLkTi=P85=6Yb5-70=JcS-_EYSDcJBCEuSGgJqytRY9@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Circular blockage by Peter Humphrey
1 try unmerge 'ssmtp' first, then update world, then emerge ssmtp if necessary.
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4 On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 6:16 AM, Peter Humphrey
5 <peter@××××××××××××××.org> wrote:
6 > How do I get out of this?
7 >
8 > $ emerge -uptDN world
9 >
10 > These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
11 >
12 > Calculating dependencies ... done!
13 > [nomerge      ] app-admin/sudo-1.7.4_p5
14 > [nomerge      ]  virtual/mta-0
15 > [ebuild  N    ]   mail-mta/ssmtp-2.62-r8  USE="ipv6 ssl -maxsysuid (-md5sum)"
16 > [ebuild  N    ]  virtual/mta-0
17 > [nomerge      ] kde-base/kde-meta-4.4.5
18 > [nomerge      ]  kde-base/kdemultimedia-meta-4.4.5
19 > [nomerge      ]   kde-base/dragonplayer-4.4.5
20 > [nomerge      ]    media-libs/xine-lib-1.1.19
21 > [nomerge      ]     media-libs/libmng-1.0.10
22 > [ebuild   R   ]      virtual/jpeg-0  USE="-static-libs%"
23 > [blocks B     ] mail-mta/ssmtp ("virtual/mta" is blocking mail-mta/ssmtp-2.62-
24 > r8)
25 >
26 >  * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
27 >  * installed at the same time on the same system.
28 >
29 >  (virtual/mta-0, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
30 >    =virtual/mta-0 required by (dev-lang/php-5.3.5, installed)
31 >    virtual/mta required by (app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.17, installed)
32 >    virtual/mta required by (dev-lang/php-5.3.5, installed)
33 >    (and 7 more)
34 >
35 > How do I even interpret it? Why is virtual/mta required suddenly? And why does
36 > ssmtp conflict with it?
37 >
38 > --
39 > Rgds
40 > Peter
41 >
42 >
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46 --
47 Best Regards,
48 Xi Shen (David)
49
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