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On Wednesday 06 June 2007 20:54:30 Thierry de Coulon wrote: |
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> I've a somewhat old system (it was installed with 2005.1 at the time) that |
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> I wanted to try updating. |
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> However, emerge --update --pretend world thows an awfull lot of blocking |
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> packages, mostly x11-something, but including KDE, java and others. |
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> There is no question of unmasking all these packages, as has been suggested |
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> in another thread for one blocking package. |
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That thread was the exception from the rule. Usually blocks mean that |
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something needs to be unmerged. The only reason I didn't tell him to unmerge |
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anything was because it was apparent from the output that it was not |
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installed. |
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> Is there a way to say "try to upgrade all you can and we'll if it works" or |
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> does it simply mean the system is screwed beyond repair and a new install |
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> is the only hope? |
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Neither. You need to unmerge the blockers. Do make sure you get a clean update |
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complete and run etc-update (or equivalent) before logging out or rebooting.. |
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There's a section on blockers in the handbook. Read it. |
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Bo Andresen |
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