I haven't done an emerge on my server in quite a while, but now that
I've upgraded the CPU/RAM, I figure it's about time.
There are a few packages I'm a bit apprehensive about upgrading. "exim"
being one. I hate that MTA. It was a nightmare to setup and get working
properly, and now I don't want to break it. (a friend set it up
actually, as that was the MTA he used.)
daevid portage # esearch exim
* mail-mta/exim
Latest version available: 4.67
Latest version installed: 4.54
Size of downloaded files: [no/bad digest]
Homepage: http://www.exim.org/
So I have this in my package.mask:
>=mail-mta/exim-4.55
(Is this upgrade from 4.54 to 4.67 very smooth? Should I worry? I dread
having to deal with exim.conf again, and the exim users list is very
elitist. Usually saying RTFM for most issues -- but they all are experts
or mail admins. I'm not. Nor do I want to be.)
But when I do an "emerge -aut world", I get this blocking issue:
These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
...snip...
[nomerge ] x11-misc/xscreensaver-5.02 [5.01-r2]
[nomerge ] x11-apps/appres-1.0.1 [1.0.0]
[ebuild U ] x11-libs/libX11-1.1.1-r1 [1.0.3-r1] USE="-xcb%"
[nomerge ] sys-process/vixie-cron-4.1-r10 [4.1-r9]
[ebuild N ] mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61-r2 USE="ipv6 ssl -mailwrapper
-md5sum"
[nomerge ] kde-base/kdegraphics-3.5.5-r2 [3.5.5]
[nomerge ] media-libs/lcms-1.15 [1.14-r1] USE="-tiff*"
[nomerge ] dev-lang/swig-1.3.31 [1.3.25] USE="ruby* -lua% -mono%
-ocaml% -pike%"
[nomerge ] dev-lang/php-5.2.2-r1 [5.2.1-r3]
[nomerge ] net-misc/curl-7.15.1-r1 [7.15.1] USE="ldap* -idn*"
[ebuild U ] net-nds/openldap-2.3.30-r2 [2.3.27]
USE="-smbkrb5passwd%"
[nomerge ] media-gfx/imagemagick-6.3.3 [6.2.9.5]
[ebuild U ] x11-libs/libXt-1.0.5 [1.0.4]
...snip...
[blocks B ] mail-mta/exim (is blocking mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61-r2)
(also, I never understand the --tree option. Does this mean that
"vixie-cron" is the issue, or "kdegraphics" is the issue? Being reverse
order, I am guessing vixie-cron, yet it says "nomerge" so that seems
like, why would it care, plus it's worked fine all these years with the
exim I have installed. Conversely, why would kdegraphics give a hoot
about a mail transport? I don't get it.)
And maybe I'm using this tool wrong, but this just adds to my confusion.
daevid portage # equery depends mail-mta/ssmtp
[ Searching for packages depending on mail-mta/ssmtp... ]
daevid portage # equery depends mail-mta/exim
[ Searching for packages depending on mail-mta/exim... ]
app-admin/sudo-1.6.8_p9-r2 (virtual/mta)
app-admin/tripwire-2.3.1.2-r2 (virtual/mta)
dev-lang/php-5.2.1-r3 (virtual/mta)
mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20040524-r1 (virtual/mta)
mail-filter/procmail-3.22-r7 (virtual/mta)
net-mail/mailman-2.1.5-r4 (virtual/mta)
sys-power/apcupsd-3.10.18-r1 (virtual/mta)
sys-process/vixie-cron-4.1-r9 (virtual/mta)
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