Daniel Frey <djqf...@gmail.com> [15-04-26 03:12]: > On 04/25/2015 09:07 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > A novice asks the master Emerge: > > "Is there Zen also in every upgrade, which will serve to Gentoo?" > > > > Master Emerge moved a little bit and spoke: > > > > WARNING: One or more updates/rebuilds have been skipped due to a dependency > > conflict: > > Hah! > > > > > x11-libs/libXfont:0 > > > > (x11-libs/libXfont-1.5.1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) > > conflicts with > > <x11-libs/libXfont-1.5.0 required by > > (x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.4-r4:0/1.12.4::gentoo, installed) > > ^ ^^^^^ > > Emerge is trying to install libXfont 1.5.1 but the xorg-server version > installed requires 1.5.0. > > > > > x11-proto/fontsproto:0 > > > > (x11-proto/fontsproto-2.1.3:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) > > conflicts with > > <x11-proto/fontsproto-2.1.3 required by > > (x11-libs/libXfont-1.4.9:0/0::gentoo, installed) > > ^ ^^^^^ > > <x11-proto/fontsproto-2.1.3 required by > > (x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.4-r4:0/1.12.4::gentoo, installed) > > ^ ^^^^^ > > > > It can't upgrade fontsproto because the current installed version of > libXfont requires 2.1.3. > > Looks like all these messages are thrown because of libXfont. > > > The novice was buffled and did not understand a single word. > > He tries hard to circumvent any conflict with the master but > > finally he struggled and failed. > > Looks like Master Emerge was confused by a circular dependency it could > not resolve. > > Dan >
Hi Dan, Thanks for your Koan! :) ...and the novice is confused still... I tried (after shuttong down X) to remove libXfont and fontsproto (to install it later again) but this does not help... How can I get out of this? Best regards, Meino
