On 07/26/03  Jason Giangrande wrote:

> I just updated to the latest version of portage and when I check what
> packages I need, by doing an emerge -up world, I get a few lines like
> the following.
> 
> > [blocks B    ] <dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.05-r6 (from pkg
> > dev-lang/perl-5.8.0-r12)
> 
> What are blocks?  Are these packages that are blocked by devs because
> they may (or do) have issues?  This is the first I've seen this so I
> thought I'd ask around just to be safe.

>From the topic on #gentoo:

blocks on MakeMaker or other perl modules?  unmerge them before
upgrading perl to 5.8.0-r12

Check the forums if you need more information.

Marius

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