[gentoo-user] Re: How can this be blocking my emerge -uD world if it's not installed [SOLVED]

[Michael Sullivan]

On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 13:02 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> I'm trying to run emerge -uD world:
>
> [blocks B     ] sys-power/powermgmt-base ("sys-power/powermgmt-base" is
> blocking sys-power/pm-utils-1.2.5)
>
>  * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
>  * installed at the same time on the same system.
>
>   ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-power/powermgmt-base-1.22', 'merge') pulled in by
>     >=sys-power/powermgmt-base-1.22 required by ('ebuild', '/',
> 'sys-apps/apmd-3.2.2_p5', 'merge')
>
>   ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-power/pm-utils-1.2.5', 'merge') pulled in by
>     sys-power/pm-utils required by ('ebuild', '/',
> 'kde-base/powerdevil-4.3.5', 'merge')
>
>
> For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the
> following
> section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked
>
>
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> camille kde-base # emerge -C sys-power/powermgmt-base
>
> --- Couldn't find 'sys-power/powermgmt-base' to unmerge.
>
> >>> No packages selected for removal by unmerge
>
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> camille kde-base #
>
> As you can see powermgmt-base isn't even installed.  How can I get it to
> stop blocking my emerge if it's not actually there???
>

I added ">=sys-power/powermgmt-base-1.22" to
my /etc/portage/package.mask and the block went away.