Hi, Gentoo!
The latest episode of my months long update saga.
I do
emerge -p --color y util-linux | less -F
, and get the following on my screen:
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/util-linux-2.24.1-r2 [2.22.2]
USE="bash-completion%* pam%* python%* -caps% -cytune% -fdformat% -tty-helpers%"
PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7%* -python3_2% -python3_3% (-python3_4)"
PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7%* python3_3%* -python3_2% (-python3_4)"
* Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
[blocks B ] <sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r7 ("<sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r7"
is blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.24.1-r2)
[blocks B ] >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.23 (">=sys-apps/util-linux-2.23"
is blocking sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r4)
* installed at the same time on the same system.
. The up to date versions of these two packages are sysvinit-2.88.r7 and
util-linux-2.24.1-r2.
Am I right in thinking that the first of these "blocks B" lines is saying
that the latest util-linux is incompatible with the latest sysvinit -
that util-linux needs _less_ than sysvinit-2.88.r7? This feels like a
bug.
What about the second "blocks B" line. It seems to be saying that the
_old_ version util-linux-2.23 is blocking the _new_ sysvinit. Why is
this comparison being done this way?
This all seems crazy. Keeping Gentoo up to date shouldn't be this
difficult.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
