Answers inline.
Am 05.02.2012 17:32, schrieb Tanstaafl:
> Hello all,
Hello,
>
> Confused...
>
> emerge -pvuDN world shows (among a few others):
>
> [ebuild N ] virtual/modutils-0 0 kB
>
> No warnings about blockers or anything are evident.
That is correct.
>
> However, when I do emerge -pvuDN modutils (instead of 'world), I get
> the following warning about blockers:
>
> myhost : Sun Feb 05, 11:12:24 : ~
> # emerge -pvuDN modutils
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild N ] sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1 0 kB
Look at this: you are emerging sys-apps/modutils, not virtual/modutils
which *is* different (though such name clashes are quite bad).
> [uninstall ] sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.16-r1 USE="-static"
> [blocks b ] sys-apps/modutils ("sys-apps/modutils" is blocking
> sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.16-r1)
> [blocks b ] sys-apps/module-init-tools
> ("sys-apps/module-init-tools" is blocking sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1)
>
> Total: 1 package (1 new, 1 uninstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
> Conflict: 2 blocks
> myhost : Sun Feb 05, 11:20:15 : ~
>
> Then, when I try to perform the update, it fails with:
>
> * Package 'sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1' NOT merged due to file
> * collisions. If necessary, refer to your elog messages for the whole
> * content of the above message.
>
> >>> Failed to install sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1, Log file:
>
> >>> '/var/log/portage/sys-apps:modutils-2.4.27-r1:20120205-161149.log'
>
> * GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
> myhost : Sun Feb 05, 11:12:24 : ~
>
> I hate guessing about things like this, but I'm 'guessing' that all I
> need to do is:
>
> emerge -C sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.16-r1
> then
> emerge -vuDN modutils
No, just update world as always, there should be no problem (not on any
of my machines, no blockers etc.).
>
> ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles
Regards,
Felix
