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From: Ian Graeme Hilt <ian.hilt@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] blocking packages when emerge gnome-light
Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 02:02:51
Message-Id: 20080506020249.GA10721@sys-0.woh.rr.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] blocking packages when emerge gnome-light by paul
1 On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 10:08:49PM +0100, paul wrote:
2 [...]
3 > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked
4 [...]
5
6 Did you even read this?
7
8 <quote>
9 It is also possible that two packages that are yet to be
10 installed are blocking each other. In this rare case, you should
11 find out why you need to install both. In most cases you can do
12 with one of the packages alone. If not, please file a bug on
13 Gentoo's bugtracking system.
14 </quote>
15
16 and since you are running unstable,
17
18 <quote>
19 ~arch keyword means that the application is not tested
20 sufficiently to be put in the stable branch. Wait a few days or
21 weeks and try again.
22 </quote>
23
24 If you don't believe me, visit these links:
25 <http://packages.gentoo.org/package/gnome-base/control-center?full_cat>
26 <http://packages.gentoo.org/package/gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon?full_cat>
27 <http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-util/gtk-doc?full_cat>
28
29 --
30 Ian Graeme Hilt
31 ian.hilt (at) gmail.com
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