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From: Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] boost-1.63 dependency confusion
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 23:02:23
Message-Id: 5a72c7b7-f457-1e9a-c456-416eb7588df5@iinet.net.au
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] boost-1.63 dependency confusion by Peter Humphrey
1 On 11/11/17 21:36, Peter Humphrey wrote:
2 > On Saturday, 11 November 2017 12:20:35 GMT Mick wrote:
3 >> On Saturday, 11 November 2017 11:45:16 GMT you wrote:
4 >>>> The confusion is all mine, because I cannot decipher what is masking
5 >>
6 >>>> dev-util/ boost-build-1.63:
7 >> [snip ...]
8 >>
9 >>>> I see that 1.63.0 and 1.65.0 have no slot defined, but I'm not sure
10 >>>> what is causing this.
11 >>>
12 >>> This is caused by a portage bug. See b.g.o #554838
13 >>> Updating to unstable portage-2.3.13 resolved the problem for me.
14 >>>
15 >>> DaveF
16 >>
17 >> Thanks DaveF, I'll update portage at some point and try again.
18 >
19 > I had boost-build apparently masked too, but I solved it accidentally by
20 > emerging boost, which pulled in boost-build. It all went swimmingly then.
21 >
22
23 Same on multiple systems - emerge boost worked fine, then do world.
24
25 William K.