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From: Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.0.0
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:07:07
Message-Id: 200801191906.31794.uwix@iway.na
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.0.0 by Paul Salters
1 On 19 January 2008, Paul Salters wrote:
2 > On Saturday 19 January 2008 16:52:45 Δημήτριος Ροπόκης wrote:
3 > > On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:42:55 +0200, Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net> wrote:
4 > > > Uwe Thiem wrote:
5 > > >> Hi folks,
6 > > >>
7 > > >> after the painful and time-consuming creation of
8 > > >> /etc/portage/package.unmask
9 > > >> for KDE 4, <emerge --pretend --verbose "=kde-base/kde-meta-4.0.0"
10 > > >> tells me:
11 > > >> [blocks B ] <kde-base/kdebase-3.5.7-r6 (is blocking
12 > > >> kde-base/kdelibs-4.0.0)
13 > > >>
14 > > >> I do not have emerge kdebase-3.5.7 but kdebase-3.5.8. The3refore, I
15 > > >> cannot
16 > > >> unemerge 3.5.7. How can I work around this?
17 > > >>
18 > > >> Uwe
19 > > >
20 > > > For future reference, check out autounmask. I found out about it the
21 > > > other day. I have not used it yet but I'm hopeful it works.
22 > > >
23 > > > Also, there is a thread on the forums about this, I think you have to
24 > > > have 3.5.8* version to do this. Not sure why tho. Isn't KDE 4.0
25 > > > slotted? Can't you have 3.5 AND 4.0 installed and select which version
26 > > > you want to log into?
27 > > >
28 > > > Dale
29 > > >
30 > > > :-) :-)
31 > >
32 > > Autounmask looks to work,
33 > > but some packets with ~86 I think need manual check.
34 >
35 > hi,
36 >
37 > you need to unmask kde-base/kdebase-3.5.7-r6 and emerge that.
38 > should work :)
39
40 ???
41
42 According to emerge, kdebase-3.5.7-r6 is *blocking* kdelibs-4.0.0. See my
43 original post.
44
45 Uwe
46
47 --
48 If a man speaks in a forest, and no woman listens to him,
49 is he still lying?
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.0.0 Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.0.0 Juul <sjakie@××××××××.nl>