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From: Raffaele BELARDI <raffaele.belardi@××.com>
To: "gentoo-user@l.g.o" <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] block in emerge
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 08:09:36
Message-Id: 54AE3B66.6010005@st.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] block in emerge by Alan McKinnon
1 Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On 07/01/2015 16:12, Raffaele BELARDI wrote:
3 >> I have a block, I'm not looking for a solution yet, just a correct
4 >> interpretation of the error messages:
5 >>
6 >> [blocks B ] <x11-base/xorg-server-1.16.2-r1
7 >> ("<x11-base/xorg-server-1.16.2-r1" is blocking
8 >> app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.1-r1)
9 >>
10 >> * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
11 >> * installed at the same time on the same system.
12 >>
13 >> (x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.4-r2:0/1.12.4::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
14 >> x11-base/xorg-server[xorg] required by
15 >> (x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-2.3.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
16 >> >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 required by
17 >> (x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-2.3.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
18 >> (snip)
19 >>
20 >> (app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.1-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for
21 >> merge) pulled in by
22 >> >=app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.0 required by
23 >> (x11-proto/glproto-1.4.17-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
24 >> >=app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.0 required by
25 >> (media-libs/mesa-10.3.5-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
26 >> >=app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.0.8 required by
27 >> (x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.4-r2:0/1.12.4::gentoo, installed)
28 >>
29 >> Looks to me the message is wrong. Shouldn't the first line read
30 >> ("!<x11-base/xorg-server-1.16.2-r1" is blocking
31 >> app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.1-r1)? Note the leading '!'
32 >
33 >
34 > No, the ! doesn't mean not there
35 >
36 >>
37 >> The ebuild in fact contains:
38 >> RDEPEND=">=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4
39 >> !<media-libs/mesa-10.3.4-r1
40 >> !=media-libs/mesa-10.3.5
41 >> !<x11-proto/glproto-1.4.17-r1
42 >> !<x11-base/xorg-server-1.16.2-r1
43 >> ....
44 >
45 > The last line must be read as the package cannot be installed if
46 > xorg-server version <1.16.2-r1 is present. Most deps are expressed as
47 > "you must have this", but those 4 are expressed "you must not have this".
48 >
49 > So the error message is correct, it is saying
50 > app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.1-r1 cannot be installed as you have a
51 > version of xorg-server earlier than 1.16.2-r1 already installed. There
52 > is no negation there.
53 >
54 > Solution: upgrade xorg-server then do everything else.
55
56 Ok, that makes sense.
57 Unmasking xorg-server is not an option because starting from 1.13 XAA
58 support was removed and that makes my ancient video card too slow, I'll
59 have to find a different solution.
60
61 thanks,
62
63 raffaele

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] block in emerge Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] block in emerge Raffaele BELARDI <raffaele.belardi@××.com>