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From: Peter Alfredsen <loki_val@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "Error: circular dependencies"
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:30:15
Message-Id: 20090123192644.531424a8@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] "Error: circular dependencies" by Grant
1 On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:59:41 -0800
2 Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > This ebuild is from the java-overlay. Is it just a bad ebuild or can
5 > I fix this? I tried disabling the nsplugin USE flag with the same
6 > result.
7 >
8 57 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
9 58 || ( >=virtual/gnu-classpath-jdk-1.5
10 59 dev-java/icedtea6
11 60 dev-java/icedtea6-bin
12 61 )
13 It comes from that line. It looks like it's for bootstrapping icedtea6,
14 which apparently can be done by itself or the two other alternatives.
15 emerging icedtea6-bin should fix this. It can then be unemerged when
16 you've emerged icedtea6 and from then on you can bootstrap updates with
17 the existing installation.
18
19 /PA

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Re: [gentoo-user] "Error: circular dependencies" Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>