On Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:06:00 -0500,
Philip Webb wrote:
>
> I just updated Qt5 to 5.6.2 & ran into a familiar Portage problem.
>
> The emerge command responds with a list of "conflicts",
> all involving 5.6.1 vs 5.6.2 versions of the c 15 pkgs.
> The only way to get around this is to unmerge the existing pkgs via '-C',
> then install the new versions. That works, but it's brute force.
>
> Portage sb able to resolve this kind of conflict for itself.
> If not, then at least it should advise users intelligently
> to do what I've just described. It can happen with other sets of pkgs.
>
> Yes, I did do 'backtrack==30'.
>
> Before I send in a bug, does anyone else have useful comments ?
I wonder if a larger backtrack=120 or higher would fix your problem or
get portage to detect the blocks? 30 seems hardly enough these days.
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