Re: [gentoo-user] a few blockers I can't figure out

Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 7:13 AM,  <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
> > Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
> >>
> >> Sounds like this is covered by:
> >> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558168
> >> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555502
> >>
> >> It seems to me like this is a portage issue with the resolver.
> >> Running emerge -1 python-systemd sounds like it fixes the issue.
> >> Apparently once it is installed portage will figure out it needs to
> >> hang onto it.
> >
> > And portage will not let me do that even though I have removed the
> > explicit python use flag from sys-apps/systemd -- in fact it will not
> > let me reinstall the same version of systemd without the python use
> > flag.
> >
>
> Can you attach the emerge output of "emerge -1 python-systemd" ?  I
> don't see that anywhere in this thread.
>
> As far as I can tell everything should work as long as you emerge that
> first, or on the same command line as fail2ban, as the bug indicates.
> You shouldn't have to mess with any systemd USE flag settings if
> you're on ~amd64, and in theory touching the flag won't change
> anything anyway.

Here it is, I filed a bug anyway against fail2ban.

[ebuild  N     ] dev-python/python-systemd-230::gentoo
PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4 -python3_3" 39 KiB
[blocks B      ] sys-apps/systemd[python(-)]
("sys-apps/systemd[python(-)]" is blocking
dev-python/python-systemd-230)

Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 39 KiB
Conflict: 1 block (1 unsatisfied)

 * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
 * installed at the same time on the same system.

  (dev-python/python-systemd-230:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for
  merge) pulled in by
    python-systemd
 
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