On Sunday 17 Apr 2016 11:44:50 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 17/04/2016 11:36, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> [16-04-17 11:08]: > >> On 17/04/2016 05:45, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> ...and the novice was buffled and even the master shifted a little bit > >>> after recognizing this words of the eternal being named emerge. > >>> I know, that there is a difference in knowing the path and walking the > >>> path, but it seems that I am not supposed to understand this: > >>> > >>> > >>> These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: > >>> > >>> Calculating dependencies... done! > >>> > >>> Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 KiB > >>> > >>> WARNING: One or more updates/rebuilds have been skipped due to a > >>> dependency conflict: > >>> > >>> dev-util/boost-build:0 > >>> > >>> (dev-util/boost-build-1.60.0:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) > >>> conflicts with>>> > >>> =dev-util/boost-build-1.58* required by > >>> (dev-libs/boost-1.58.0-r1:0/1.58.0::gentoo, installed) ^ > >>> ^^^^^ > >>> > >>> !!! The following update has been skipped due to unsatisfied > >>> dependencies: > >>> > >>> dev-libs/boost:0 > >>> > >>> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=dev-util/boost-build-1.60*" have > >>> been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to > >>> complete your request: - dev-util/boost-build-1.60.0::gentoo (masked > >>> by: ) > >>> > >>> > >>> For me it looks like boost not beeing updated/reinstalled because of > >>> another version of boost, which depends on boost. > >>> > >>> HELP, I need somebody, HELP, not just anybody hee-eee-eelp uuuuuhhhh! > >>> > >>> Thanks for any HELP in advance! May the source be with you... > >>> Best regards, > >>> Meino > >> > >> Hah! That's one of those blockers that makes little or no sense. > >> > >> > >> boost has this dep: > >> > >> DEPEND="${RDEPEND} > >> > >> =dev-util/boost-build-${MAJOR_V}*" > >> > >> and boost-build does not depend on boost. > >> > >> So, logically you'd expect boost to want to upgrade to 1.60, notice > >> boost-build's dep and upgrade boost-build as well to match. But it > >> doesn't, because boost-build-1.60 is masked for <null> reason. > >> > >> It really looks and smells like a bug in emerge[1] when updating world > >> where it considers boost-build first, fixes the version to use to match > >> current boost, and then can't find a way to upgrade boost. > >> > >> Solution would seem to be to emerge -C either of them and let portage > >> get on with it. Or upgrade just upgrade boost-build by itself then do > >> world > >> > >> > >> [1] I wouldn't go so far as to call it a "bug" as such, because nothing > >> in the spec requires a package manager to guarantee that it will always > >> find the best way to upgrade everything. It only needs to keep the > >> system consistent with the ebuilds it has. > > > > Hi Alan, > > > > thanks for your reply! :) > > > > ...and I thought it was me being too limited to see the real truth > > behind that what it is The Matrix. > > > > But it was only a deja-vu....oh wait! It was NO deja-vu ... no > > glitch in The Matrix...we had similiar emerge-ncies in the past. ;) > > > > I will see how far I can go...I was warned to use 060 of boost... > > > > Best regards, > > Meino > > It reminds me of many years back with two packages that depend on each > other and portage couldn't deal with updating both at the same time. > > emerge -C got a lot of use back then :-)
Don't forget to use -1aDv when you emerge boost manually as Alan suggested, unless for some reason you want boost in your world file. -- Regards, Mick
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