On 1 August 2014 19:14:08 CEST, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 01/08/2014 10:07, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On Friday, August 01, 2014 07:11:59 AM Gevisz wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:17:54 +0200 >> >>> >> >>> "J. Roeleveld" <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: >> >>> > On 31 July 2014 16:19:21 CEST, Gevisz <gev...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> > >On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:03:09 -0400 >> >>> > > >> >>> > >Alec Ten Harmsel <a...@alectenharmsel.com> wrote: >> >>> > >> I can't comment on a long-term, real, proper solution, but for >> >>> > >> right now >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> emerge --oneshot dev-perl/XML-Parser >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> should at least allow you to continue building colord. >> >>> > > >> >>> > >It seems that it helped, but not the suggestions from >> >>> > > >> >>> > > # perl-cleaner --all >> >>> > > >> >>> > >output. >> >>> > > >> >>> > >Thank you. >> >>> > >> >>> > Did you run the commands and then rerun perlcleaner as the output >> >>> > mentions at the end of the text? >> >>> >> >>> No. I did not run perl-cleaner just after those 2 suggested commands >> >>> because I had not noted that demand. So, my complaint that the >> >>> suggested "long-term" solution does not work may be incorrect. >> >> >> >> The claim is incorrect. I did what it said in the output and it >resolved >> the issue on my systems. >> >> >> >>> However, I run perl-cleaner after >> >>> >> >>> # emerge --oneshot dev-perl/XML-Parser >> >>> # emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=60 >--ask >> world >> >>> # emerge --depclean --ask >> >>> >> >>> So, I hope that the problem was fixed. >> >> >> >> It should be resolved now. >> >> I don't add the "--backtrack" part. >> >> It hasn't been needed for me ever since I started using Gentoo >sometime >> in 2004. (Not sure when it got introduced?) > > > >s/(Not sure when it got introduced)/$1 or even what it is for?/g > >There ya go, fixed that for ya. > >This appears to hold true for every Gentoo'er in the universe except ><10 >people in the magic $I_GROK_PORTAGE group. > >I myself am not in that group.
I've followed a few recent discussions in the gentoo-dev list where the backtrack option got sorta explained. To me it sounds like a classical compromise between being quick or being thorough. With the choice being the same as when writing AI for a chess program. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
