RE: [gentoo-user] installing git with masked packages

[Dave]

Hi,
Thanks! That thread did it. 
Thanks.
Dave.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Van Ymeren [mailto:adam.vany@×××××.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 7:00 PM
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] installing git with masked packages

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 06:54:32PM -0400, Dave wrote:
> 		Hi,
> 	 My core problem seems to be installed packages needed by the system

> are blocking other packages. Here's the blocks:
>
> ("sys-libs/com_err" is blocking sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.3-r1)
> ("sys-libs/ss" is blocking sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.3-r1)
> sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41" is blocking sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.3-r1)
>
>   ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.3-r1', 'merge') pulled in
by
>     >=sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.0 required by ('ebuild', '/',
> 'app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.6.3-r6', 'merge')
>
>   ('installed', '/', 'sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.40.8', 'nomerge') pulled in by
>     sys-fs/e2fsprogs required by world
>     sys-fs/e2fsprogs required by system
>     >=sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.34 required by ('installed', '/',
> 'sys-apps/util-linux-2.13.1.1', 'nomerge')
>
>
> 	Is something misconfigured?
> Thanks.
> Dave.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Albert Hopkins [mailto:marduk@×××××××××××.org]
> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 7:32 AM
> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] installing git with masked packages
>
> On Sun, 2009-07-12 at 23:56 -0400, Dave wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 	I'm trying to install git on gentoo. I'm getting a dependency that
> is
> > masked, it's a perl lib and am wondering a workaround?
> > Thanks.
> > Dave.
>
> Dave,
>
> Posting the exact error message may help (us to help you).
>
> -a
>
>
>
>

Hi Dave,

I don't think that's a problem with installing git.  Take a look at this
thread: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-712898-highlight-.html

-Adam