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On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:15:20 +0100, Graham Murray wrote: |
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> > Because of the nature of a block, only one of the named packages can |
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> > be installed, so just unmerge that one, wherever it appears in the |
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> > block message :) |
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> Is that always true? |
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Everything is always true, except for generalisations :) |
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> I seem to remember seeing cases where an upgrade of |
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> X wanted to install A and the upgrade of Y wanted to install B, and the |
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> blocker saying that A blocks B when neither (the specific versions of) A |
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> nor B are currently installed. |
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Yes, you can get more complex blocks, but where it's a simple A blocks B, |
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unmerge whichever is installed. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Electrocution, n.: |
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Burning at the stake with all the modern improvements. |
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