Re: [gentoo-user] update problems

[lee]

"J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org> writes:

> On Sunday 20 September 2015 16:25:34 lee wrote:
>> Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> writes:
>> > On 19/09/2015 21:36, lee wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> how could I solve these updating problems:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> emerge -j 8 -a --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world
>> >>
>> >>  * IMPORTANT: 4 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
>> >>  * Use eselect news read to view new items.
>> >>
>> >> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>> >>
>> >> Calculating dependencies... done!
>> >>
>> >> !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been
>> >> pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:
>> >>
>> >> dev-libs/boost:0
>> >>
>> >>   (dev-libs/boost-1.56.0-r1:0/1.56.0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>> >>   pulled in by>>
>> >>     (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in this slot)
>> >>
>> >>   (dev-libs/boost-1.55.0-r2:0/1.55.0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>> >>   pulled in by>>
>> >>     dev-libs/boost:0/1.55.0= required by
>> >>     (dev-libs/librevenge-0.0.2:0/0::gentoo, installed)>>
>> >>                   ^^^^^^^^^^
>> >>
>> >>     (and 2 more with the same problem)
>> >
>> > I'm not sure why you are getting this one. Portage is only pulling in
>> > boost-1.56.0-r1 because it's the latest stable version, but librevenge
>> > requires something earlier. Portage should therefore shut up and install
>> > the only real solution - keep boost at 1.55.0
>>
>> Maybe because it says that there's a slot conflict.  I had another one
>> of those, and getting rid of it prevents me from having a pdf reader
>> installed.  I haven't had the need to read a pdf since, but sooner or
>> later I'll need to be able to.
>
> Can you provide your world file?
> should be located at:
> /var/lib/portage/world