On Mon Jul 28, 2003 at 08:48:18PM +0200 or thereabouts, ?yvind Stegard wrote: > Hello, > > After a recent "emerge sync" portage reports the following, when trying to > upgrade the system: > $ emerge -up system > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > Calculating system dependencies ...done! > [blocks B ] <dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.05-r6 (from pkg > dev-lang/perl-5.8.0-r12) > [blocks B ] <dev-perl/Test-Simple-0.47-r1 (from pkg > dev-lang/perl-5.8.0-r12) > [blocks B ] <dev-perl/File-Spec-0.84-r1 (from pkg > dev-lang/perl-5.8.0-r12) > [ebuild U ] dev-lang/perl-5.8.0-r12 [5.8.0-r10] > > So there seems to be blocking packages when going from perl v5.8.0-r10 to > 5.8.0-r12. How should I solve this the right way ? Just ignore the blocking > packages, or unmerge them first, before upgrading perl ? > > >From the output, I would assume that the blocking packages have recently > become a part of the main perl package, so it would be safe to unmerge them > if I upgraded perl at the same time. Is this correct ? > > Any help/hints appreciated. > > Regards, > �yvind Stegard > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > Greetings! There have been some changes in perl modules. I refer you to the gentoo website and check gwn. But here is what you have to do. First you need to delete File-Spec. Do this by running emerge unmerge File-Spec. That will remove the blocked dependencies. Then emerge perl and everything should be ok. Hope this helps.
Mike -- Regards, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Don't Fear The Penguin." -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
