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From: michael@×××××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] a bit confused by emerge blockers
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 07:43:42
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.61.0511032139120.8391@mail.magrittesystems.com
1 emerge told me that pine was blocking something, so I did an emerge
2 --pretend to see what:"
3
4 emerge -Duv --newuse world
5 Calculating world dependencies ...done!
6
7 !!! Error: the <mail-client/pine-4.64-r1 package conflicts with another
8 package.!!! both can't be installed on the same system together.
9 !!! Please use 'emerge --pretend' to determine blockers.
10
11 # emerge --pretend pine
12
13 These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
14
15 Calculating dependencies ...done!
16 [blocks B ] <mail-client/pine-4.64-r1 (is blocking
17 net-mail/uw-mailutils-2004g)
18 [ebuild N ] net-mail/uw-mailutils-2004g
19 [ebuild U ] mail-client/pine-4.64-r1 [4.61-r2]
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24 I tried to remove pine, figuring I'd emerge it later after I finished my
25 big emerge -Duv world, but I get this:
26
27 emerge -e mail-client/pine-4.64-r1
28 --- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.keywords: =mail-client/pine
29 Calculating dependencies
30
31 !!! Problem in mail-client/pine-4.64-r1 dependencies.
32 !!! "Specific key requires an operator (mail-client/pine-4.64-r1) (try
33 adding an '=')" exceptions
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38 What's the best way to resolve this? My goal is to update everything
39 as it's been awhile since I last updated (over a year).
40
41 Thanks,
42 Michael
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Re: [gentoo-user] a bit confused by emerge blockers Dirk Heinrichs <ext-dirk.heinrichs@×××××.com>