On 07/12/2016 15:47, Alan Grimes wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 07/12/2016 15:03, Alan Grimes wrote: >>> Certainly there are groups of packages in the 439 that could be updated >>> without triggering these conflicts but then doing that automatically >>> wouldn't waste enough of the user's time... >>> >>> >>> [ebuild U ] kde-apps/kde-meta-16.08.3:5::gentoo [16.08.1:5::gentoo] >>> 0 KiB >>> [blocks B ] <dev-qt/qtwebkit-4.10.4:4[gstreamer] >>> ("<dev-qt/qtwebkit-4.10.4:4[gstreamer]" is blocking >>> media-libs/phonon-gstreamer-4.9.0) >>> quickpkg qtwebkit and phonon-gstreamer )so you can easily put them back >>> if needed), unmerge both then do a proper world update: >>> >>> emerge -avuND world > > I'm sorry, I don't read one-letter, I have always always, without > exception, used the verbose flags because they're readable and much > easier to remember (because they're readable).
read the man page and figure out what they are because I'm not going to do it for you > > I do not know what quickpkg is. Makes a tarball of a package so you can later untar it and get the package back without a remerge. It's all in portage's man pages > > Qtwebkit is a VERY slow build... I'm pretty sure I've done it already, > but, sigh.... It's blocking phonon-gstreamer so you will need to rebuild it anyway > >> and let portage figure out the best way to do it. >> >> And don;t use that bloody jackhammer script again or even mention it, >> not unless you want all of gentoo-user all over your case again > > If my gentle update script always worked, I'd have no need of it. =| So why are you running it? -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com