On 30/09/2013 14:37, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> On 09/30/2013 02:24:40 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 30/09/2013 13:55, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>> > Hi, my most hated package is poppler. Each time in the past and now
>> > again it's hard to upgrade.
>> >
>> > portage (2.2.7) cannot handle it, so I have to (manually) unmerge all
>> > packages depending on it and emerge them after
>> > the poppler upgrade again.
>> >
>> > Has anybody found a more elegant procedure?
>> >
>> > Many thanks,
>> > Helmut.
>> >
>>
>>
>> poppler packaging is a pita, but it's never broke anything for me (but
>> does cause lots and lots and lots of stuff to be rebuilt...)
>>
>> Yesterday's update worked just fine:
>>
>> $ genlop -t poppler
>> * app-text/poppler
>>
>> Wed Sep 18 08:46:05 2013 >>> app-text/poppler-0.24.1
>> merge time: 33 seconds.
>>
>> Sun Sep 29 12:31:08 2013 >>> app-text/poppler-0.24.2
>> merge time: 35 seconds.
>>
>>
>> What errors are you getting?
>> Any customizations to poppler on your system?
>> (i.e grep -r poppler /etc/portage)
>>
>
> First, are you using portage-2.2.7?
Yes
> I haven't changed poppler nor its ebuild in any way.
>
> Here is my problem:
>
> emerge -vp app-text/poppler
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies * waiting for lock on
> /var/db/.pkg.portage_lockfile ... [ ok ]
> ... done!
> [ebuild r U ] app-text/poppler-0.24.2:0/43 [0.22.5:0/37] USE="cairo
> cjk cxx introspection jpeg lcms png qt4 tiff utils -curl -debug -doc
> -jpeg2k" 1,470 kB
> [ebuild rR ] net-print/cups-filters-1.0.36-r2 USE="jpeg png tiff
> -perl -static-libs -zeroconf" 0 kB
> [ebuild rR ] dev-tex/luatex-0.76.0 USE="-doc" 0 kB
> [ebuild rR ] app-text/evince-3.8.3:0/evd3.4-evv3.3
> USE="introspection postscript tiff -debug -djvu -dvi -gnome-keyring
> -nautilus -t1lib -xps" 0 kB
> [ebuild rR ] dev-python/python-poppler-0.12.1-r4 USE="-examples"
> PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6" 0 kB
> [ebuild rR ] app-office/calligra-2.7.3:4 USE="crypt eigen exif fftw
> fontconfig gif glew glib gsf gsl handbook jpeg jpeg2k kdcraw kdepim lcms
> marble mysql okular opengl pdf ssl threads tiff truetype xbase xml xslt
> (-aqua) -attica -freetds -openexr -opengtl (-postgres) -spacenav
> (-sybase) {-test} -vc -word-perfect" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="author braindump
> flow karbon kexi krita plan sheets stage words" 0 kB
> [ebuild r U ] app-office/libreoffice-4.1.2.2-r1 [4.1.2.2]
> USE="bluetooth branding cups dbus gnome gtk java kde opengl vba webdav
> (-aqua) -debug -eds -gstreamer -gtk3 -jemalloc -mysql -odk -postgres
> -telepathy {-test}" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-minimizer
> -nlpsolver -scripting-beanshell -scripting-javascript -wiki-publisher"
> PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 -python3_3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7
> python3_3" 0 kB
> [ebuild rR ] app-text/texlive-core-2013-r1 USE="X doc tk xetex -cjk
> -source" 0 kB
> [ebuild rR ] app-office/texmaker-4.0.4 0 kB
That all looks quite normal - poppler triggered 8 rebuilds.
Is the problem just on the other machine (this one looks fine)?
>
> Total: 9 packages (2 upgrades, 7 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 1,470 kB
>
> and on a different machine portage couldn't resolve blocking itself.
>
> I'll try this (big) re-emerge later on.
> Thanks,
> Helmut
>
>
>
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Alan McKinnon
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