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Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Tuesday 02 February 2010 17:34:42 Tom Hendrikx wrote: |
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>> As for the issue with openrc: |
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>> =sys-apps/openrc-0.6.0-r1 depends on =sys-apps/sysvinit-2.87-r3, and |
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>> both are in ~arch. Unmask both, emerge them, run etc-update and be fine. |
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> Portage's blocker list has historically been confusing and difficult for users |
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> to parse. They often don't know what to do - how many posts like that have you |
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> answered where the answer is simply "unmerge this, merge that, merge world"? |
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> It makes sense to me, probably to you too, and not much sense to a large chunk |
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> of gentoo userland. Latest portage fixes all that and makes it a non-issue. |
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Those messages stump me too. I'm sort of getting to where they make |
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sense but you have to think backward so that they do make sense. You |
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sort of have to start at the bottom of the list and work your way up. |
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I'm sure glad the latest portage takes care of most of that. I'm using |
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Portage 2.2_rc62 and I have not had any problems with it. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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