Hi. In preparing for the profile switch and the emerge -e world, I have run into a serious problem with perl. I think I saw on this list where perl 5.26 was going to have problems -- maybe until it is stabilized -- but if I mask it off, I get the following:
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=dev-lang/perl-5.26*" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - dev-lang/perl-5.26.9999::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, missing keyword) - dev-lang/perl-5.26.1-r1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask) - dev-lang/perl-5.26.1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask) - dev-lang/perl-5.26.0::gentoo (masked by: package.mask) (dependency required by "virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.380.0::gentoo" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "perl-core/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.240.0::gentoo" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "virtual/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.240.0::gentoo" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "dev-perl/Class-Singleton-1.500.0::gentoo" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "media-video/clive-2.3.0.1::gentoo" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "@selected" [set]) (dependency required by "@world" [argument]) If I don't mask it off, I get the following: (just emerging perl by itself) !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: dev-lang/perl:0 (dev-lang/perl-5.26.1-r1:0/5.26::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by =dev-lang/perl-5.26* required by (virtual/perl-ExtUtils-Manifest-1.700.0-r4:0/0::gentoo, installed) ^ ^^^^^ dev-lang/perl (Argument) (and 13 more with the same problems) (dev-lang/perl-5.24.3:0/5.24::gentoo, installed) pulled in by dev-lang/perl:0/5.24= required by (virtual/perl-Test-Simple-1.1.14-r3:0/0::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ =dev-lang/perl-5.24* required by (virtual/perl-Term-ANSIColor-4.40.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) ^ ^^^^^ dev-lang/perl:0/5.24= required by (dev-perl/XML-Twig-3.520.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ (and 261 more with the same problems) NOTE: Use the '--verbose-conflicts' option to display parents omitted above !!! The slot conflict(s) shown above involve package(s) which may need to !!! be rebuilt in order to solve the conflict(s). However, the following !!! package(s) cannot be rebuilt for the reason(s) shown: (virtual/perl-Test-Simple-1.1.14-r3:0/0::gentoo, installed): ebuild is masked or unavailable It may be possible to solve this problem by using package.mask to prevent one of those packages from being selected. However, it is also possible that conflicting dependencies exist such that they are impossible to satisfy simultaneously. If such a conflict exists in the dependencies of two different packages, then those packages can not be installed simultaneously. For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com