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From: Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwu@××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] strange block issue
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:15:32
Message-Id: 48EED692.2050208@realss.com
1 I was told virtual/jre-1.6, a package that I do /not/ have installed, is blocking another package.
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3 How do I manage to install dev-java/jdictrayapi? Thanks for hints in advance!
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5 zhangweiwu@esmeralda:~$ sudo emerge -av dev-java/jdictrayapi
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7 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
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9 Calculating dependencies waiting for lock on /var/db/.pkg.portage_lockfile ... done!
10 [ebuild NS ] dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r8 USE="berkdb gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline ssl threads -bootstrap -build -doc -examples -sqlite -tk -ucs2 -wininst" 9,606 kB
11 [ebuild N ] virtual/jre-1.6.0 0 kB
12 [ebuild U ] dev-java/javatoolkit-0.3.0-r2 [0.2.0-r1] 17 kB
13 [ebuild N ] dev-java/jdictrayapi-0.9.1-r3 USE="-doc -examples -source" 925 kB
14 [blocks B ] =virtual/jre-1.6* (is blocking dev-java/jdictrayapi-0.9.1-r3)
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16 Total: 4 packages (1 upgrade, 2 new, 1 in new slot, 1 block), Size of downloads: 10,547 kB
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18 !!! Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be installed
19 !!! at the same time on the same system.
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21 For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
22 section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):
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24 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked
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26 zhangweiwu@esmeralda:~$ sudo emerge --unmerge virtual/jre
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28 --- Couldn't find 'virtual/jre' to unmerge.
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30 >>> No packages selected for removal by unmerge

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Re: [gentoo-user] strange block issue Robert Bridge <robert@××××××××.com>