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150920 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 20/09/2015 00:17, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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>> While Gentoo doesn't do as much handholding as many distros, |
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>> the Portage output above should not be viewed |
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>> as something we are proud of. |
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> It's either due to it being a really hard problem |
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> or the Portage team is short of manpower. |
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> Either way, I'm content not to bitch about it mainly |
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> as the tree is a unique thing in the Linux world |
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> Portage only knows what it has in it's internal data structures |
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> when it decides it can't continue. It can't provide the user |
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> with a meaningful answer as is so often asked for here, |
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> so what is it supposed to do? |
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My impression is that using Portage has become more complicated |
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& its warning/error messages have not been given the necessary attention. |
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Complaints or pleas for help like the OP's here are quite frequent |
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& not all of them come from novices who don't understand what Gentoo does. |
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Portage sb able to report eg |
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"Pkg1 & Pkg2 (of Version1 & Version2) can't be installed together ; |
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Pkg1 is needed for Pkg3, which you already have installed ; |
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Pkg2 is needed for Pkg4, which you are trying to install. |
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Please review your needs : you may need to remove a package temporarily |
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in order for Portage to proceed, then restore a different version of it". |
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That's a common problem, which experienced users can diagnose themselves, |
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but the present Portage output is too opaque to help newcomers. |
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