Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 07/01/2015 16:12, Raffaele BELARDI wrote:
>> I have a block, I'm not looking for a solution yet, just a correct
>> interpretation of the error messages:
>>
>> [blocks B ] <x11-base/xorg-server-1.16.2-r1
>> ("<x11-base/xorg-server-1.16.2-r1" is blocking
>> app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.1-r1)
>>
>> * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
>> * installed at the same time on the same system.
>>
>> (x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.4-r2:0/1.12.4::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
>> x11-base/xorg-server[xorg] required by
>> (x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-2.3.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
>> >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 required by
>> (x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-2.3.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
>> (snip)
>>
>> (app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.1-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for
>> merge) pulled in by
>> >=app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.0 required by
>> (x11-proto/glproto-1.4.17-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>> >=app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.0 required by
>> (media-libs/mesa-10.3.5-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>> >=app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.0.8 required by
>> (x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.4-r2:0/1.12.4::gentoo, installed)
>>
>> Looks to me the message is wrong. Shouldn't the first line read
>> ("!<x11-base/xorg-server-1.16.2-r1" is blocking
>> app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.1-r1)? Note the leading '!'
>
>
> No, the ! doesn't mean not there
>
>>
>> The ebuild in fact contains:
>> RDEPEND=">=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4
>> !<media-libs/mesa-10.3.4-r1
>> !=media-libs/mesa-10.3.5
>> !<x11-proto/glproto-1.4.17-r1
>> !<x11-base/xorg-server-1.16.2-r1
>> ....
>
> The last line must be read as the package cannot be installed if
> xorg-server version <1.16.2-r1 is present. Most deps are expressed as
> "you must have this", but those 4 are expressed "you must not have this".
>
> So the error message is correct, it is saying
> app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.1-r1 cannot be installed as you have a
> version of xorg-server earlier than 1.16.2-r1 already installed. There
> is no negation there.
>
> Solution: upgrade xorg-server then do everything else.
Ok, that makes sense.
Unmasking xorg-server is not an option because starting from 1.13 XAA
support was removed and that makes my ancient video card too slow, I'll
have to find a different solution.
thanks,
raffaele
