On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 8:14 AM, Quico Jurado <quico.jur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello list! > > I'm trying to update @world, and I'm getting a problem with blocking > packages which I'm not sure if I understand. It looks like a circular > blocking problem, but not sure. > > Here's what emerge is telling me: > > [ebuild U ] app-text/texlive-2016::gentoo [2015::gentoo] USE="X context > detex dvi2tty extra graphics humanities jadetex luatex omega png pstricks > publishers science tex4ht texi2html truetype xetex xindy xml -cjk -epspdf > -games -metapost -music -pdfannotextractor" L10N="-af -ar -as -bg -bn -br > -ca -cs -cy -da -de -el -en -en-GB -eo -es -et -eu -fa -fi -fr -ga -gl -gu > -he -hi -hr -hsb -hu -hy -ia -id -is -it -ja -kn -ko -la -lo -lt -lv -ml -mn > -mr -nb -nl -nn -no -or -pa -pl -pt -rm -ro -ru -sa -sco -sk -sl -sq -sr -sv > -ta -te -th -tk -tr -uk -vi -zh" 0 KiB > [blocks B ] <dev-texlive/texlive-latex-2016 > ("<dev-texlive/texlive-latex-2016" is blocking > dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2016) > [blocks B ] <dev-texlive/texlive-latex-2016 > ("<dev-texlive/texlive-latex-2016" is hard blocking > dev-texlive/texlive-latex-2016) > [blocks B ] <dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2016 > ("<dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2016" is blocking > dev-texlive/texlive-langgerman-2016, dev-texlive/texlive-langcyrillic-2016) > [blocks B ] <dev-texlive/texlive-langcyrillic-2016 > ("<dev-texlive/texlive-langcyrillic-2016" is hard blocking > dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2016) > [blocks B ] <dev-texlive/texlive-langgerman-2016 > ("<dev-texlive/texlive-langgerman-2016" is hard blocking > dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2016) > [blocks B ] <dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2016 > ("<dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2016" is hard blocking > dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2016) > > Total: 40 packages (36 upgrades, 1 new, 1 in new slot, 2 reinstalls, 2 > uninstalls), Size of downloads: 500,112 KiB > Conflict: 9 blocks (6 unsatisfied) > > * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be > * installed at the same time on the same system. > > > And this is the update command that I'm running: > > emerge -uvaND --with-bdeps=y --backtrack=100 @world > > Any help is much appreciated. > > Cheers!
I ended up removing some of the packages reported as blocking other packages, tagged 2015, as suggested in the wiki article [1], and was able to proceed with the update. [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:Parts/Working/Portage#Blocked_packages