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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Don't know what portage wants here
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2016 10:58:48
Message-Id: D2030F00-BD2E-49E1-BEBB-9A7843B22569@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Don't know what portage wants here by Nikos Chantziaras
1 > On Sat, 6 February 2016, at 10:17 pm, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > Can someone decipher this one? As far as portage errors go, this is the most nonsensical one I've seen in a long time (before you ask, boost and boost-build are not masked anywhere):
4 >
5 >
6 > ===================
7 > emerge -auDN --with-bdeps=y @world
8 > [...]
9 > !!! The following update has been skipped due to unsatisfied dependencies:
10 >
11 > dev-libs/boost:0
12 >
13 > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=dev-util/boost-build-1.58*" have been masked.
14 > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
15 > - dev-util/boost-build-1.58.0::gentoo (masked by: )
16 >
17 > (dependency required by "dev-libs/boost-1.58.0-r1::gentoo" [ebuild])
18 > For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
19 > man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
20 > ===================
21 >
22 >
23 > I've also tried --backtrack=20 (then 30, the 40, then 50), with the same result.
24
25 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554838
26
27 It's not clear to me if `emerge -1 dev-util/boost-build` or `emerge -1 =dev-util/boost-build-1.58.0` will work. IMO you should try them first.
28
29 Stroller.