On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 09:32:40 +0200
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:

> Gevisz <gev...@gmail.com> [14-09-14 09:28]:
> > I have just installed unix2dos utility
> > (never had a need to use it before) and
> > just after that tried to install dos2unix
> > but the installation of dos2unix failed
> > complaining on the fact that
> > 
> > "app-text/unix2dos" is blocking app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5
> > 
> > I find it very strange as I think that if someone
> > needs unix2dos utility he usually also needs dos2unix
> > utility, especially taking into account that unix2dos
> > by default overwrites its input file.
> > 
> > This is the output from the emerge command:
> > 
> > # emerge --ask dos2unix
> > 
> > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> > 
> > Calculating dependencies... done!
> > [ebuild  N     ] app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5  USE="nls -debug" 
> > [blocks B      ] app-text/unix2dos ("app-text/unix2dos" is blocking
> > app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5)
> > [blocks B      ] >=app-text/dos2unix-5 (">=app-text/dos2unix-5" is
> > blocking app-text/unix2dos-2.2-r1)
> > 
> >  * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
> >  * installed at the same time on the same system.
> > 
> >   (app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
> > pulled in by dos2unix
> > 
> >   (app-text/unix2dos-2.2-r1::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
> >     app-text/unix2dos required by @selected
> > 
> > 
> > For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the
> > following section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is
> > irrelevant):
> > 
> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked
> > 
> > Any thought?
> > 
> 
> A shot in the dark:
> * app-text/dos2unix
>      Available versions:  6.0.3 6.0.5 ~6.0.6 ~7.0 {debug nls test}
>      Homepage:
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/dos2unix.html
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/dos2unix/ Description:
> Convert DOS or MAC text files to UNIX format or vice versa
> 
> * app-text/unix2dos
>      Available versions:  2.2-r1
>      Homepage:            http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/dos2unix.html
>      Description:         UNIX to DOS text file format converter
> 
> Since dos2unix does both ways - remove unix2dos and you should be
> fine...

Thank you.

> Best regards,
> mcc
> 
> 
> 


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