On Sun, 2014-09-14 at 10:24 +0300, Gevisz wrote: > I have just installed unix2dos utility > (never had a need to use it before) and > just after that tried to install dos2unix > but the installation of dos2unix failed > complaining on the fact that > > "app-text/unix2dos" is blocking app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5 > > I find it very strange as I think that if someone > needs unix2dos utility he usually also needs dos2unix > utility, especially taking into account that unix2dos > by default overwrites its input file. > > This is the output from the emerge command: > > # emerge --ask dos2unix > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild N ] app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5 USE="nls -debug" > [blocks B ] app-text/unix2dos ("app-text/unix2dos" is blocking > app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5) > [blocks B ] >=app-text/dos2unix-5 (">=app-text/dos2unix-5" is > blocking app-text/unix2dos-2.2-r1) > > * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be > * installed at the same time on the same system. > > (app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled > in by dos2unix > > (app-text/unix2dos-2.2-r1::gentoo, installed) pulled in by > app-text/unix2dos required by @selected > > > For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the > following section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is > irrelevant): > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked > > Any thought? >
% eix dos2unix 14-09-14 - 12:56:42 * app-text/dos2unix Available versions: 6.0.3 6.0.5 (~)6.0.6 {debug nls} Homepage: http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/dos2unix.html http://sourceforge.net/projects/dos2unix/ Description: Convert DOS or MAC text files to UNIX format or ***vice versa*** dos2unix handles both, that's why. -- Nilesh Govindrajan <m...@nileshgr.com>