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From: Chris Bare <chris@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] emerge block prob with gnome-core and gnome-desktop
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 03:18:23
Message-Id: 20050722031236.921B14DB41C@bareflix.com
1 I'm trying to update a system that's been sitting idle for a while. I got the
2 following blocks initially:
3
4 # emerge -uD world
5 [blocks B ] <perl-core/File-Spec-0.87 (is blocking dev-lang/perl-5.8.6-r5)
6 [blocks B ] <=x11-themes/gnome-themes-2.8.2 (is blocking x11-themes/gtk-engines-2.6.3)
7 [blocks B ] gnome-base/gnome-core (is blocking gnome-base/gnome-desktop-2.10.0)
8 [blocks B ] gnome-base/gnome-desktop (is blocking gnome-base/gnome-core-1.4.2-r1)
9
10 so I did:
11
12 # emerge unmerge x11-themes/gnome-themes gnome-base/gnome-core gnome-base/gnome-desktop
13
14 Now I get:
15 # emerge -uD world
16 [blocks B ] gnome-base/gnome-desktop (is blocking gnome-base/gnome-core-1.4.2-r1)
17
18 but neither of them is installed:
19
20 # emerge unmerge gnome-base/gnome-core
21
22 --- Couldn't find gnome-base/gnome-core to unmerge.
23
24 >>> unmerge: No packages selected for removal.
25
26 # emerge unmerge gnome-base/gnome-desktop
27
28 --- Couldn't find gnome-base/gnome-desktop to unmerge.
29
30 >>> unmerge: No packages selected for removal.
31
32
33 What do I have to do to clear the block?
34
35 --
36 Chris Bare
37 chris@××××××××.com
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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge block prob with gnome-core and gnome-desktop George Roberts <georoberts@×××××.com>