On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 14:05, Jason Stubbs wrote: > On Monday 24 November 2003 21:34, LJN wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 13:20, Jason Stubbs wrote: > > > On Monday 24 November 2003 19:50, LJN wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 11:19, Lars Juel Nielsen wrote: > > > > > how would one deal with this situation? what options are there and > > > > > why is which better in what cases? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > > > > > > > > > Calculating world dependencies ...done! > > > > > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/man-pages-1.61 [1.56] > > > > > [blocks B ] <dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.05-r6 (from pkg > > > > > dev-lang/perl-5.8.0-r12) > > > > > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/groff-1.18.1-r3 [1.18.1-r2] > > > > > [ebuild U ] sys-libs/db-4.0.14-r2 [3.2.9-r7] > > > > > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/automake-1.7.5-r2 [1.7.2] > > > > > [ebuild N ] sys-apps/coreutils-5.0-r3 > > > > > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/debianutils-1.16.7-r3 [1.16.7-r2] > > > > > [ebuild U ] sys-libs/ncurses-5.3-r2 [5.3-r1] > > > > > [ebuild U ] app-shells/bash-2.05b-r7 [2.05b-r5] > > > > > [ebuild U ] dev-libs/openssl-0.9.6k [0.9.6j] > > > > > [ebuild U ] dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r5 [2.2.3-r1] > > > > > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/portage-2.0.49-r15 [2.0.48-r5] > > > > > *** Portage will stop merging at this point and reload itself, > > > > > recalculate dependencies, and complete the merge. > > > > > > > > > > [ebuild U ] dev-lang/perl-5.8.0-r12 [5.8.0-r10] > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > You haven't updated in a while, have you? perl assimilated the > > > functionality of ExtUtils-MakeMaker into itself. Thus, the two packages > > > provide the same files. If you just unmerge ExtUtils-MakeMaker nothing > > > will break after perl is updated too and the blocker will be gone. > > > > yeah it's been a while, forgot to keep it updated, then couldn't get to > > the machine in a few months and then postponed it for a bit more :/ not > > the best practice, anyway thanks. > > Not that there's anything wrong with not updating. It shouldn't be a necessary > thing if you have all the functionality you need - except when security is a > concern. Eventually, portage will get to a state where the above sort of > thing will be explained in more detail when the problem arises. But for the > time being... > > Jason > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > yeah security is a good reason lots of those things should have been upgraded months ago...
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