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On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:12:26 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > !!! The following update(s) have been skipped due to unsatisfied |
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> > dependencies |
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> > !!! triggered by backtracking: |
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> > net-libs/libpcap:0 |
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> It means you got tripped up by portage's New! Improved! Awesome! |
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> internal invisible magic. Subslots started it all and portage has to |
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> wade through tons of cruft to figure out the entire dependency tree. In |
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> a nutshell, it keeps searching deeper and deeper until it finds an |
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> answer that works, or until it hits a threshold. When it hits that |
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> threshold, portage exits and says it went as far as it should and has |
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> now given up. |
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And in true portage tradition it tells you in a way that is factually |
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accurate yet totally uninformative unless you already understand what |
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happened. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Death is proven to be 99.9% fatal to all laboratory rats. |
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