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From: Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] blocking package can't be found
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:51:49
Message-Id: 200804091851.39938.uwix@iway.na
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] blocking package can't be found by Dale
1 On Wednesday 09 April 2008, Dale wrote:
2 > Uwe Thiem wrote:
3 > > Hi folks,
4 > >
5 > > emerge --update world tells me:
6 > > [blocks B ] dev-util/gtk-doc-am (is blocking
7 > > dev-util/gtk-doc-1.8-r2)
8 > >
9 > > emerge --unmerge gtk-doc-am tells me:
10 > > --- Couldn't find 'gtk-doc-am' to unmerge.
11 > >
12 > > So let's be more specific:
13 > > emerge --unmerge =dev-util/gtk-doc-am-1.10 tells me:
14 > > --- Couldn't find '=dev-util/gtk-doc-am-1.10' to unmerge.
15 > >
16 > > Now what?
17 > >
18 > > Uwe
19 >
20 > Equery list gtk-doc and see what it says is installed. It may not
21 > be that exact version. Ran into something similar a while back.
22
23 uwix uwe # equery list gtk-doc-am
24 [ Searching for package 'gtk-doc-am' in all categories among: ]
25 * installed packages
26 uwix uwe # equery list gtk-doc
27 [ Searching for package 'gtk-doc' in all categories among: ]
28 * installed packages
29 [I--] [ ] dev-util/gtk-doc-1.8-r2 (0)
30
31 gtk-doc-1.8-r2 is the package that gets blocked, it isn't installed
32 yet..
33
34 More interesting is that the first equery didn't list anything, but
35 the gtk-doc-am ebuild exists:
36 uwix uwe # ls /usr/portage/dev-util/gtk-doc-am
37 ChangeLog Manifest gtk-doc-am-1.10.ebuild metadata.xml
38
39 Grrrr. Wanted to let a long compile sesses run overnight - and now
40 this! Conspiracies. All around me. Against my innocent self.
41
42 Uwe
43
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Re: [gentoo-user] blocking package can't be found Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>