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From: Jack <ostroffjh@×××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dev-python/docutils weird blockage
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 20:27:04
Message-Id: EAPA2KDI.Q6QFVUID.53NA6CMM@J7Z6QROA.OR7WD6HY.AAD3BDN6
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] dev-python/docutils weird blockage by Wols Lists
1 On 2022.08.16 16:16, Wols Lists wrote:
2 > On 16/08/2022 21:05, Jack wrote:
3 >>>
4 >> This one is actually pretty straightforward.  You have
5 >> dev-python/sphinx-5.0.2 installed which requires a version of
6 >> dev-python/docutils LESS THAN 0.19.  I suspect you were looking for
7 >> conflicts in the USE flags, where there aren't any (that I see.)  
8 >> It looks like you either need to downgrade docutils or accept (at
9 >> least temporarily) a testing version of sphinx.
10 >
11 > Don't you mean "accept temporarily that you can't upgrade docutils"?
12 > It reads to me there's no need to downgrade because the upgrade has
13 > been skipped.
14 Yes, sloppy wording on my part. I have docutils installed, but not
15 sphinx, and trying to install sphinx (stable) for me would require
16 downgrading docutils.
17 >
18 > The other point is, does the OP want both docutils and sphinx in
19 > their world set? Because if docutils is not in the world set, why is
20 > emerge trying to update it? If the OP is not using docutils directly,
21 > only via sphinx, surely removing it from the world set will make this
22 > conflict go away?
23 I agree.
24 >
25 > Cheers,
26 > Wol