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Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> [15-04-26 09:44]: |
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> On 25/04/2015 18:07, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > A novice asks the master Emerge: |
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> > "Is there Zen also in every upgrade, which will serve to Gentoo?" |
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> > |
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> > Master Emerge moved a little bit and spoke: |
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> > |
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> > WARNING: One or more updates/rebuilds have been skipped due to a dependency conflict: |
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> > x11-libs/libXfont:0 |
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> > (x11-libs/libXfont-1.5.1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) conflicts with |
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> > <x11-libs/libXfont-1.5.0 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.4-r4:0/1.12.4::gentoo, installed) |
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> > ^ ^^^^^ |
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> > |
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> > x11-proto/fontsproto:0 |
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> > |
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> > (x11-proto/fontsproto-2.1.3:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) conflicts with |
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> > <x11-proto/fontsproto-2.1.3 required by (x11-libs/libXfont-1.4.9:0/0::gentoo, installed) |
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> > ^ ^^^^^ |
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> > <x11-proto/fontsproto-2.1.3 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.4-r4:0/1.12.4::gentoo, installed) |
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> > ^ ^^^^^ |
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> > The novice was buffled and did not understand a single word. |
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> > He tries hard to circumvent any conflict with the master but |
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> > finally he struggled and failed. |
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> > It seems that the inner light of the Zen of Gentoo will not be shed on |
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> > everyone... |
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> > ;) |
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> > Any enlightenment is hardly welcome! |
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> > Best regards, |
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> > a Novice |
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> > (at least when it comes to this output) |
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> So here's how you read that dense stuff: |
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> <x11-libs/libXfont-1.5.0 required by |
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> (x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.4-r4:0/1.12.4::gentoo, installed) |
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> This means that you have xorg-server-1.12.4-r4 installed which depends |
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> on libXfont with this limitation: <x11-libs/libXfont-1.5.0 |
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> You only get that sort of emerge output when portage is forced to |
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> install a package that is NOT latest due to some other package having a |
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> constraint on it dependencies. Look at eix for libXfont, there's a |
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> version 1.5.1 available but portage can't use it because of limitations |
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> from your current version of xorg-server. |
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> The same process applies to fontsproto as well. |
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> There is nothing for you to do with this output, it is informational |
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> (but not labelled as such so you can see it). Maybe run emerge without |
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> -v, see if that removes the output |
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> tl;dr |
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> Why is this confusing? |
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> Well, it's because portage's output is ass-hat backwards. Portage is |
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> actually making a fundamental cock-up in output design called "exposing |
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> the underlying interface in the output" and it's a sign of lazy design. |
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> What you really want to know is "libXfont-1.5.1 is available, so why |
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> can't portage use it?" The output dumps the depends tree to screen and |
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> totally doesn't say what you really want to know. So now you have to run |
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> eix and read ebuilds to get a proper answer. Stupid really, when portage |
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> already has all of the information available to it! |
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> -- |
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> Alan McKinnon |
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> alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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Hi Alan, |
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thanks for your help! Good to know, that's not totally me not |
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understanding, what's going on on my machine...but there are also the |
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enigmatic words of Master Emerge, which blows fog into my pain |
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suffering brain... ;))) |
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For me it looked like a typical "blocked" situation and something, |
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which needs to be fixxed... |
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But it only means: Everything is fine but it is not using the newest |
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of the valid siftware revisions. |
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But I am sure it will not take too long until I am again kneeling in |
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front of altar of the allmigthy Emerge as a novice trying to decipher |
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its holy words.... |
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Until then,..best regards and have a nice Sunday! |
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Meino |