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From: Michael Schmarck <michael.schmarck@×××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Circular dependencies when USE=gnome and emerging world
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:31:07
Message-Id: 3059984.tqahl4DgCt@schmarck.cn
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Circular dependencies when USE=gnome and emerging world by Justin Findlay
1 Justin Findlay <justin@××××××××.us> wrote:
2
3 > On AD 2008 April 16 Wednesday 09:28:48 PM +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote:
4 >> Hello.
5 >>
6 >> I'm installing a new machine and use 2008.0_beta1 i686 stage3. I
7 >> use the 2008.0/desktop profile.
8 >>
9 >> When I do "emerge -DuvatN world", I get an error to the effect,
10 >> that there are circular dependencies. Please see below.
11 >>
12 >> I'd like to know, if anyone else ran into this problem and how it
13 >> got solved. At the end of the message, you'll also find emerge --info.
14 >>
15 >> Thanks a lot!
16 >>
17 >> winnb000488 etc # USE="gnome" emerge -DuvptN world
18 >
19 > I'd try the merge world without setting USE="gnome" first, and then
20 > later enable it by putting gnome in your /etc/make.conf USE setting.
21
22 gnome is in the desktop profile of 2008.0.
23
24 > If
25 > you want to be more clever about it/save some time, you can try to
26 > figure out the problematic packages
27
28 *THAT* was the point of my question :) I hoped that somebody else
29 already ran into this issue and solved ;)
30
31 > and just temporarily disable gnome
32 > on them via /etc/portage/package.mask/,
33
34 You mean package.use, don't you?
35
36 Best regards,
37 Michael
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