On Thu, 22 May 2014 15:42:09 +0200 "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfri...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> if you run into issues like this, first try something like > > emerge -uDNav world > > (--update --deep --newuse --ask --verbose; note the "deep") > (afaik this is the recommended way to update your system anyway) > > If this doesnt help, you can try giving portage more time to > backtrack, add e.g. the following option (warning this may take a > while): > > --backtrack=1000 Thanks, will do that. Is there a comprehensive manual about portage and the related tools? I mean one which explains how the whole thing works, what are atoms and sets and slots and masks; how dependencies work and how the magic USE keywords get translated to actual configure parameters, so basically the whole logic behind it? Then, with all that basic knowledge how emerge et al work on that info and what they actually do? As a developer probably it's all obvious if not trivial to you, but to the uninitiated it looks a bit of black magic. I went to the Wiki and went through the handbook, but I couldn't find anything which explained the actual concepts and implementation of the whole portage system, just practical snippets of actual tool usage rather than the foundations. Any pointers to the relevant literature would be most appreciated. Thanks, Zoltan
