Re: [gentoo-user] update world drives me nuts
On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:07:42 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, hopefully someone can help me! Trying to update one of my machines I did emerge --update --deep --pretend world but it stops early with All ebuilds that could satisfy =app-admin/system-tools-backends-1.3.0 have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - app-admin/system-tools-backends-2.6.0-r1 (masked by: package.mask) As portage tell you, you have to check the package.mask file in /etc/portage, where it seems that the version 1.3.0 is masked. Doing an equery depends app-admin/system-tools-backends doesn't show anything. Furthermore that package isn't installed, yet. How can I find out which package needs this mask package? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany Regards. -- Xavier
Re: [gentoo-user] update world drives me nuts
On 17 Oct, Xav' wrote: On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:07:42 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, hopefully someone can help me! Trying to update one of my machines I did emerge --update --deep --pretend world but it stops early with All ebuilds that could satisfy =app-admin/system-tools-backends-1.3.0 have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - app-admin/system-tools-backends-2.6.0-r1 (masked by: package.mask) As portage tell you, you have to check the package.mask file in /etc/portage, where it seems that the version 1.3.0 is masked. This doesn't contain a mask but /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask contains =app-admin/system-tools-backends-2 So, is this a bug? -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
Re: [gentoo-user] update world drives me nuts
On 17 Oct, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:07:42 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: emerge --update --deep --pretend world but it stops early with All ebuilds that could satisfy =app-admin/system-tools-backends-1.3.0 have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - app-admin/system-tools-backends-2.6.0-r1 (masked by: package.mask) Doing an equery depends app-admin/system-tools-backends doesn't show anything. Furthermore that package isn't installed, yet. Most likely, an update to a package you already have now requires this. Either mask the update or unmask the package it needs. If the package requiring this is not currently masked in the portage tree, this is a bug and should be reported on bugzilla, although I'd sync and try again before reporting it. How can I find out which package needs this mask package? Add --tree to the emerge command. Unfortunately this doesn't help (and I have resynced just before) E.g. here is the complete output of emerge --tree --update --deep --pretend world These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies ... done! !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy =app-admin/system-tools-backends-1.3.0 have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - app-admin/system-tools-backends-2.6.0-r1 (masked by: package.mask) /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: # Gilles Dartiguelongue [EMAIL PROTECTED] (24 Jan 2008) # add masked gnome-system-tools-2.20 and dependencies # for testing purpose - app-admin/system-tools-backends-2.4.2 (masked by: package.mask) - app-admin/system-tools-backends-1.4.2-r1 (masked by: package.mask) /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: # Gilles Dartiguelongue [EMAIL PROTECTED] (12 Apr 2008) # Masking gnome-system-tools because it is broken, # to help fix it, see bug #214265 -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
Re: [gentoo-user] update world drives me nuts
On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:07:42 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: emerge --update --deep --pretend world but it stops early with All ebuilds that could satisfy =app-admin/system-tools-backends-1.3.0 have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - app-admin/system-tools-backends-2.6.0-r1 (masked by: package.mask) Doing an equery depends app-admin/system-tools-backends doesn't show anything. Furthermore that package isn't installed, yet. Most likely, an update to a package you already have now requires this. Either mask the update or unmask the package it needs. If the package requiring this is not currently masked in the portage tree, this is a bug and should be reported on bugzilla, although I'd sync and try again before reporting it. How can I find out which package needs this mask package? Add --tree to the emerge command. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 01E: Timing error - Please wait. And wait. And wait. And wait. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] update world drives me nuts
On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:46:19 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: E.g. here is the complete output of emerge --tree --update --deep --pretend world These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies ... done! !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy =app-admin/system-tools-backends-1.3.0 have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - app-admin/system-tools-backends-2.6.0-r1 (masked by: package.mask) /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: # Gilles Dartiguelongue [EMAIL PROTECTED] (24 Jan 2008) # add masked gnome-system-tools-2.20 and dependencies # for testing purpose - app-admin/system-tools-backends-2.4.2 (masked by: package.mask) - app-admin/system-tools-backends-1.4.2-r1 (masked by: package.mask) /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: # Gilles Dartiguelongue [EMAIL PROTECTED] (12 Apr 2008) # Masking gnome-system-tools because it is broken, # to help fix it, see bug #214265 emerge normally tells you the package that requires the masked dependency. Does adding --verbose give any more detail? Do you have anything in /etc/portage/package.unmask that may affect this? If not, you have found a bug in the tree, because non-masked packages shouldn't depend on masked ones. -- Neil Bothwick This screen intentionally left blank. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] update world drives me nuts
mv /etc/portage/package.mask /etc/portage/package.mask.back emerge -uDNp world Helmut Jarausch wrote: This doesn't contain a mask but /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask contains =app-admin/system-tools-backends-2 So, is this a bug? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] update world drives me nuts
On 17 Oct, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:46:19 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: E.g. here is the complete output of emerge --tree --update --deep --pretend world These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies ... done! !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy =app-admin/system-tools-backends-1.3.0 have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - app-admin/system-tools-backends-2.6.0-r1 (masked by: package.mask) /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: # Gilles Dartiguelongue [EMAIL PROTECTED] (24 Jan 2008) # add masked gnome-system-tools-2.20 and dependencies # for testing purpose - app-admin/system-tools-backends-2.4.2 (masked by: package.mask) - app-admin/system-tools-backends-1.4.2-r1 (masked by: package.mask) /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: # Gilles Dartiguelongue [EMAIL PROTECTED] (12 Apr 2008) # Masking gnome-system-tools because it is broken, # to help fix it, see bug #214265 emerge normally tells you the package that requires the masked dependency. Does adding --verbose give any more detail? Do you have anything in /etc/portage/package.unmask that may affect this? If not, you have found a bug in the tree, because non-masked packages shouldn't depend on masked ones. Thanks, --verbose did the trick. There was gnome-system-tools installed. After unmerging it, this problem was solved. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
