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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What's the best way to force a particular version of a dependency
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2020 21:16:58
Message-Id: CAGfcS_nyvjpVOw0t1o6JW9qiKKqrVnm6GXFiXbnAXaaf6E3MGA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What's the best way to force a particular version of a dependency by n952162
1 On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 3:38 PM n952162 <n952162@×××.de> wrote:
2 >
3 > I don't understand this - what can I add to @system to get @system to update?
4 >
5 > Ah, you mean that since readline is used by ~@system packages ... I'll try @world ... oh, that's not inclusive of @system, perhaps.
6
7 @world includes @system. It doesn't necessarily include everything
8 installed on your system though.
9
10 > No, it hadn't worked. I oversaw this:
11 >
12 > WARNING: One or more updates/rebuilds have been skipped due to a dependency conflict:
13 >
14 > sys-libs/readline:0
15 >
16 > (sys-libs/readline-8.0_p4:0/8::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) conflicts with
17 > sys-libs/readline:0/7= required by (dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.9-r3:2/2::gentoo, installed)
18 > ^^^^^
19 >
20 > dev-libs/libxml2:2
21 >
22 > (dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.9-r3:2/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) conflicts with
23 > dev-libs/libxml2[python,python_targets_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-),python_single_target_python3_6(+)] required by (dev-util/itstool-2.0.6:0/0::gentoo, installed)
24
25 The full output of the command would help, and so would the output of
26 emerge --info.
27
28 It seems like you probably have a problem with your PYTHON_TARGETS or
29 something like that. There is quite a bit of turmoil going on with
30 this right now - lots of people have run into difficulties with
31 updating even a few packages and you're trying to update hundreds at
32 once.
33
34 > Lots built, but nothing is changed. I'll try @system @world
35
36 That is unlikely to help. The python issue is probably your problem.
37
38 --
39 Rich

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Re: [gentoo-user] What's the best way to force a particular version of a dependency Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>