Re: [gentoo-user] Error when trying to emerge --update --deep --newuse world

[Shawn Singh]

>>>> But not this time, eh? :)

lol ;) , thx, Ken and Neil.

On 1/5/07, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 13:50:42 -0500, Shawn Singh wrote:
>
> > emerge --update --deep --newuse world
> >
> > ... here's the info ...
> >
> > Error: the sys-apps/coldplug package conflicts with another package;
> >          the two packages cannot be installed on the same system
> > together. ...
>
> Unmerge coldplug, it's no longer used.
>
> > emerge --pretend --update --deep --newuse world > output_file
> >
> > followed by:
> >
> > grep blocks output_file
> >
> > [blocks B     ] sys-apps/coldplug (is blocking sys-fs/udev-103)
> >
> > I can't emerge: sys-fs/udev-103 or udev-103 b/c that's not a valid
> > package atom ...
>
> No, but it is a valid package version. The problem is that you have
> coldplug installed and coldplug's functionality is now provided by udev
> in version 103.
>
> > What do I need to do to resolve this?
>
> emerge -C coldplug
> emerge uavDN world
>
> > "Most problems go away if you just wait long enough. It might look like
> > I'm standing motionless but I'm actively waiting for our problems to go
> > away. I don't know why this works but it does."
> > Scott Adams, Dilbert comic
>
> But not this time, eh? :)
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick
>
> Pentium instruction of the day: FLI: Flash Lights Impressively
>
>
>


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