Re: [gentoo-user] portage blocking bash -- how to fix?

[John covici]

on Friday 08/01/2008 Kenneth Prugh(ken69267@×××××.com) wrote
 > On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:44:17 -0400
 > John covici <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
 > 
 > > 
 > > on Friday 08/01/2008 Justin(justin@×××××××××.net) wrote
 > >  > John covici schrieb:
 > >  > > On my laptop, I did emerge sync and it said to emerge portage,
 > >  > > however when I tried to do this I got the following:
 > >  > >
 > >  > >
 > >  > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
 > >  > >
 > >  > >
 > >  > > Calculating dependencies  ..... ..... done!
 > >  > >
 > >  > >
 > >  > > [ebuild     U ] sys-apps/sandbox-1.2.18.1-r2 [1.2.17] 232 kB 
 > >  > >
 > >  > > [ebuild     U ] dev-python/pycrypto-2.0.1-r6 [2.0.1-r5]
 > >  > > USE="-bindist -gmp -test" 151 kB 
 > >  > >
 > >  > > [ebuild     U ] sys-apps/portage-2.1.4.4 [2.1.2.7] USE="doc*
 > >  > > -build -epydoc (-selinux)" LINGUAS="-pl" 368 kB 
 > >  > >
 > >  > > *** Portage will stop merging at this point and reload itself,
 > >  > >
 > >  > >     then resume the merge.
 > >  > >
 > >  > > [ebuild     U ] app-shells/bash-3.2_p33 [3.1_p17] USE="nls -afs
 > >  > > -bashlogger -plugins% -vanilla" 2,564 kB 
 > >  > >
 > >  > > [blocks B     ] <sys-apps/portage-2.1.4_rc1 (is blocking
 > >  > > app-shells/bash-3.2_p33)
 > >  > >
 > >  > >
 > >  > > Total: 4 packages (4 upgrades, 1 block), Size of downloads:
 > >  > > 3,313 kB
 > >  > >
 > >  > >   
 > >  > emerge bash first.
 > >  > 
 > >  > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > I tried that and it still says portage is blocking.
 > > 
 > 
 > emerge -O1av bash

I did that emerge, but it still gives me the same blocks message as
though I had not done the emerge.  Very strange.

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