On Friday 01 July 2011 10:39:18 Alan Mackenzie did opine thusly:
> Hi, Gentoo!
>
> After emerge-synching, an emerge -puND gives, in part:
>
> [ebuild N ] x11-libs/gnome-pty-helper-0.28.1
> [ebuild U ] x11-libs/vte-0.28.1-r200 [0.26.2]
> USE="introspection*" [blocks b ] <x11-libs/vte-0.27.90
> ("<x11-libs/vte-0.27.90" is blocking
> x11-libs/gnome-pty-helper-0.28.1)
>
> . Am I right in thinking that the block means "your vte version is
> too old for gnome-pty-helper"?
Yes.
> It seems that emerge is using the old vte version rather than the
> one it's about to install. In this case, can I just emerge vte "by
> hand" first?
unmerge vte and re-run the original emerge, prevents accidental
clutter of world and saves time
or better:
unmask portage and install 2.2_some_huge_number_alpha,
ignore what your instincts tell you about rc and alpha - a project
that hit 100 -rc versions and is now on 41 alphas is probably abusing
the terms :-)
Recent portage just knows how to deal with these blockers and just
does what it needs to do to make it work.
--
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
