fire-eyes wrote: >I am following this document >http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-gentoo.phtml > >And when I get to emerging pptpconfig: > ># emerge -pv pptpconfig > >These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > >Calculating dependencies ...done! >[blocks B ] <=dev-php/php-4.99.99 (is blocking dev-php/php-5.0.3-r1) >[ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.11 36,218 kB >[ebuild N ] sys-apps/iproute2-2.6.11.20050310-r1 -atm +berkdb >-minimal 333 kB >[ebuild N ] dev-php/php-4.3.11 +X +berkdb +crypt +curl -debug -doc >-fdftk -firebird -flash -freetds +gd -gd-external +gdbm -gmp >-hardenedphp -imap -informix -ipv6 +java +jpeg +kerberos +ldap -mcal >-memlimit -mssql +mysql +ncurses +nls -oci8 -odbc +pam +pdflib +png >-postgres +qt +readline +snmp +spell +ssl +tiff +truetype +xml2 -yaz >3,918 kB >[ebuild N ] dev-php/php-5.0.3-r1 -adabas -bcmath +berkdb -birdstep >-bzlib -calendar -cdb -cpdflib +crypt -ctype +curl -curlwrappers -db2 >-dba -dbase -dbm -dbmaker -dbx -debug -dio -empress -empress-bcs -esoob >-exif +fam -fdftk -filepro -firebird -flatfile -frontbase -ftp +gd >-gd-external +gdbm -gmp -hyperwave-api -iconv -imap -informix -ingres >-inifile -iodbc +jpeg +kerberos +ldap -libedit -mcve -memlimit -mhash >-mime -ming -mnogosearch -msession -msql -mssql +mysql -mysqli +ncurses >-nis +nls -oci8 -odbc -oracle7 -ovrimos -pcntl -pcre -pfpro +png -posix >-postgres -qdbm +readline -recode -sapdb -sasl -session -sharedext >-sharedmem -simplexml +snmp -soap -sockets -solid +spell -spl -sqlite >+ssl -sybase -sybase-ct -sysvipc -tidy +tiff -tokenizer +truetype -wddx >+xml2 -xmlrpc -xpm -xsl +zlib 4,499 kB >[ebuild N ] dev-libs/libxml-1.8.17-r2 -debug -doc 972 kB >[ebuild NS ] gnome-base/libglade-0.17-r6 -bonobo +nls 409 kB >[ebuild N ] dev-php/php-gtk-1.0.1 296 kB >[ebuild N ] net-dialup/pptpconfig-20040722 39 kB > >Total size of downloads: 46,688 kB > > >So I try to remove the blocker: > ># emerge -C =dev-php/php-4.99.99 > >--- Couldn't find =dev-php/php-4.99.99 to unmerge. > > > >>>>unmerge: No packages selected for removal. >>>> >>>> > > >Huh? Okay let's try with the < > ># emerge -C <=dev-php/php-4.99.99 >-/bin/bash: =dev-php/php-4.99.99: No such file or directory ># emerge -C \<=dev-php/php-4.99.99 > >--- Couldn't find <=dev-php/php-4.99.99 to unmerge. > > > >>>>unmerge: No packages selected for removal. >>>> >>>> > > >Umm, okay fine... let's just be really broad: > ># emerge -C php > > dev-php/mod_php > selected: 4.3.2-r5 4.3.8 > protected: none > omitted: none > > > >>>>'Selected' packages are slated for removal. >>>>'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. >>>> >>>> > > > >>>>Waiting 5 seconds before starting... >>>>(Control-C to abort)... >>>>Unmerging in: 5 4 3 2 1 >>>>Unmerging dev-php/mod_php-4.3.2-r5... >>>> >>>> >No package files given... Grabbing a set. > >QA Notice: ECLASS 'php' inherited illegally in dev-php/mod_php-4.3.2-r5 > >/usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh: line 1458: >/var/portage/eclass/php.eclass: No such file or directory > >!!! ERROR: dev-php/mod_php-4.3.2-r5 failed. >!!! Function inherit, Line 1459, Exitcode 1 >!!! died sourcing /var/portage/eclass/php.eclass in inherit() >!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status >message. > >!!! FAILED prerm: 1 > > >Note that it troed to unmerge mod_php, when I didn't even say that. Then >I get more errors which I don't understand, anyway. > >I have to get <=dev-php/php-4.99.99 unmerged before I can do any of >this, and I'm being ridden pretty hard by my boss.. > >Any ideas? > > > Hi, Think your first problem is that you are mixing php & mod_php they are different things. Please run: "emerge php -pv" and post the output to see what version you have if any. PHP isn't slotted, so you could have either 4.3.x or 5.0.x (testing version). HTH. Rumen
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