On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Paul Hartman
<paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Willie Matthews
> <matthews.wil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> ("<sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r3" is blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.21.2)
>>
>> * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
>> * installed at the same time on the same system.
>>
>> (sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r2::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
>> >=sys-apps/sysvinit-2.86-r6 required by (virtual/init-0::gentoo,
>> installed)
>>
>> (sys-apps/util-linux-2.21.2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>> pulled in by
>> >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by
>> (sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.73-r1::gentoo, installed)
>> >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.20.1-r2 required by
>> (sys-fs/udisks-1.97.0-r1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>> >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by (sys-fs/udev-171-r5::gentoo,
>> installed)
>> >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by
>> (x11-libs/libSM-1.2.0::gentoo, installed)
>> >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.17.2 required by
>> (sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.4.2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>> >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by
>> (net-libs/gupnp-0.13.4::gentoo, installed)
>> >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.13 required by
>> (sys-power/pm-utils-1.4.1::gentoo, installed)
>> sys-apps/util-linux required by @system
>> >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by
>> (sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.14::gentoo, installed)
>> sys-apps/util-linux required by
>> (app-text/build-docbook-catalog-1.4::gentoo, installed)
>> >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by (dev-libs/apr-1.4.5::gentoo,
>> installed)
>
> Assuming you've already done a full upgrade of world, and don't have
> anything strange masked/keyworded, I would try:
>
> emerge --oneshot sys-apps/sysvinit sys-apps/util-linux
>
> or maybe each one at a time if that doesn't work. If one at a time
> doesn't work, maybe try to unmerge util-linux, upgrade sysvinit, then
> reinstall util-linux. Be sure to make binary package of util-linux
> before unmerging just in case it all goes wrong.
Looks like there was already a thread about this a couple months ago,
see here for better answers :)
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/237283
