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From: Dale <dalek@××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] module-init-tools vs. modutils
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 23:16:21
Message-Id: 439A0D5B.8040609@exceedtech.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] module-init-tools vs. modutils by Christoph Eckert
1 Christoph Eckert wrote:
2
3 >Hi,
4 >
5 >
6 >when doing
7 >emerge --update world -pv
8 >I get a blocking dependency:
9 >
10 > sys-apps/module-init-tools (is blocking sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27)
11 >
12 >is it save on a 2.6.14.2 kernel to do
13 >emerge --unmerge module-init-tools && emerge modutils
14 >or will I run into trouble?
15 >
16 >Sorry for my ignorance, but asking google which package of both I should
17 >use didn't answer this important question, so I'd be glad if someone
18 >could confirm if I'm right or even not.
19 >
20 >
21 >Thanks & best regards
22 >
23 >
24 > ce
25 >
26 >
27 >
28 If I recall correctly, you need to unmerge modutils and emerge
29 module-init-tools. One is for 2.4 kernels and the other is for 2.6
30 kernels if I recall correctly. I have done this and it worked fine.
31
32 Dale
33 :-D
34
35 --
36 To err is human, I'm most certainly human.
37
38 I have four rigs:
39
40 1: Home built; Abit NF7 ver 2.0 w/ AMD 2500+ CPU, 1GB of ram and right now two 80GB hard drives.
41 2: Home built; Iwill KK266-R w/ AMD 1GHz CPU, 256MBs of ram and a 4GB drive.
42 3: Home built; Gigabyte GA-71XE4 w/ 800MHz CPU, 128MBs of ram and a 2.5GB drive.
43 4: Compaq Proliant 6000 Server w/ Quad 200MHz CPUs, 128MBs of ram and a 4.3GB SCSI drive.
44
45 All run Gentoo, all run folding. #1 is my desktop, 2, 3, and 4 are set up as servers.
46
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