On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 01:22, Pietro Leone wrote: > Hallo, when I try to emerge something with -U option I receive the > following message: > > !!! Error: the <dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.05-r6 package conflicts > with another package.!!! both can't be installed on the same > system together. > !!! Please use 'emerge --pretend' to determine blockers. > > >>> --upgradeonly implies --update... adding --update to options. > > With --pretend I obtain this output: > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > Calculating dependencies ...done! > [blocks B ] <dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.05-r6 (from pkg > dev-lang/perl-5.8.0-r12) > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gettext-0.12.1 [0.11.5-r1] > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.6-r2 [2.13.90.0.18] > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/gawk-3.1.3 [3.1.2-r3] > [ebuild U ] sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.19-r1 [2.4.19] > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/miscfiles-1.3-r1 [1.3] > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gcc-config-1.3.3-r1 [1.3.1-r1] > [ebuild U ] sys-libs/cracklib-2.7-r7 [2.7-r6] > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/shadow-4.0.3-r7 [4.0.3-r6] > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/pam-login-3.11-r1 [3.10] > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/util-linux-2.12 [2.11y] > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/baselayout-1.8.6.10-r1 [1.8.5.9] > [ebuild U ] net-misc/dhcpcd-1.3.22_p4-r1 [1.3.22_p4] > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/bison-1.875 [1.35] > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/texinfo-4.6 [4.5] > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gcc-3.3.1-r1 [3.2.2] > [ebuild U ] sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r1 [2.3.1-r4] > [ebuild U ] sys-libs/ncurses-5.3-r4 [5.3-r1] > [ebuild N ] dev-python/python-docs-2.2.3 > [ebuild U ] media-libs/freetype-2.1.4-r1 [2.1.4] > [ebuild U ] media-libs/fontconfig-2.2.1 [2.2.0-r2] > [ebuild U ] x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r3 [4.3.0-r2] > [ebuild U ] dev-lang/tk-8.4.3 [8.3.4-r1] > [ebuild U ] dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r1 [2.2.2] > [ebuild U ] app-shells/bash-2.05b-r7 [2.05b-r3] > [ebuild U ] dev-util/dialog-0.9_beta20030308-r1 [0.9_beta20020814] > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/grep-2.5.1-r1 [2.5-r1] > [ebuild U ] app-portage/gentoolkit-0.1.30 [0.1.23] > [ebuild U ] dev-lang/tcl-8.4.3 [8.3.4] > [ebuild U ] sys-libs/db-4.0.14-r2 [3.2.9-r2] > [ebuild U ] dev-lang/perl-5.8.0-r12 [5.8.0-r10] > > Why the first package blocks everything I try to emerge with the -U > option? How can I remouve this block? Is it safe to remove this block? > > Thanks, Pietro.
I had a similar problem a few weeks ago, and its safe to unemerge that blocking package and emerge perl again... at least it worked for me ;) Oscar. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
