Re: [gentoo-user] One package is blocking another?

2005-08-11 Thread Olli Koskela
Hello, Blocking means that a package prevents other package from being installed. I guess you already figured that out... :) Quote from man pages should be quite clear (if not, ask :), it follows. From man emerge [blocks B ] app-text/dos2unix (from pkg app-text/hd2u-0.8.0) Dos2unix is

Re: [gentoo-user] One package is blocking another?

2005-08-11 Thread Stefan Onken
Hello, software as normal, but was told that ftpbase-0.00 was blocking proftpd-1.something. What, exactly, does this mean and what do I do about it? I want to continue using Proftpd, and don't know what Ftpbase is. unmerge the old proftpd version, emerge the new proftpd version. For some

Re: [gentoo-user] One package is blocking another?

2005-08-11 Thread Jayson Smith
Hi, Thanks everybody, that solved my problems! Jayson. - Original Message - From: Stefan Onken [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 3:26 AM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] One package is blocking another? Hello, software as normal

Re: [gentoo-user] One package is blocking another?

2005-08-11 Thread Peter O'Connor
--- Ursprngliche Nachricht --- Von: "Jayson Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Betreff: [gentoo-user] One package is blocking another? Datum: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 01:19:52 -0400 Hi, Several days ago I did an 'emerge --ask --nospinner -u world' to update my software

RE: [gentoo-user] One package is blocking another?

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Kintzios
-Original Message- From: Olli Koskela [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 August 2005 07:57 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] One package is blocking another? [snip] When I've got a block, I unmerge the blocking package (emerge -C ftpbase in your

RE: [gentoo-user] One package is blocking another?

2005-08-11 Thread Frank Schafer
On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 10:48 +0100, Michael Kintzios wrote: -Original Message- From: Olli Koskela [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 August 2005 07:57 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] One package is blocking another? [snip] When I've got

[gentoo-user] One package is blocking another?

2005-08-10 Thread Jayson Smith
Hi, Several days ago I did an 'emerge --ask --nospinner -u world' to update my software as normal, but was told that ftpbase-0.00 was blocking proftpd-1.something. What, exactly, does this mean and what do I do about it? I want to continue using Proftpd, and don't know what Ftpbase is. Any help