On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 19:51 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote: > On Wednesday 09 April 2008, Dale wrote: > > Uwe Thiem wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > emerge --update world tells me: > > > [blocks B ] dev-util/gtk-doc-am (is blocking > > > dev-util/gtk-doc-1.8-r2) > > > > > > emerge --unmerge gtk-doc-am tells me: > > > --- Couldn't find 'gtk-doc-am' to unmerge. > > > > > > So let's be more specific: > > > emerge --unmerge =dev-util/gtk-doc-am-1.10 tells me: > > > --- Couldn't find '=dev-util/gtk-doc-am-1.10' to unmerge. > > > > > > Now what?
heh heh! > > Equery list gtk-doc and see what it says is installed. It may not > > be that exact version. Ran into something similar a while back. > > uwix uwe # equery list gtk-doc-am > [ Searching for package 'gtk-doc-am' in all categories among: ] > * installed packages > uwix uwe # equery list gtk-doc > [ Searching for package 'gtk-doc' in all categories among: ] > * installed packages > [I--] [ ] dev-util/gtk-doc-1.8-r2 (0) > > gtk-doc-1.8-r2 is the package that gets blocked, it isn't installed > yet.. yes it is! equery just told you so! > More interesting is that the first equery didn't list anything, but > the gtk-doc-am ebuild exists: > uwix uwe # ls /usr/portage/dev-util/gtk-doc-am > ChangeLog Manifest gtk-doc-am-1.10.ebuild metadata.xml yes, the ebuild exists, but it's not installed! Therefore equery didn't show it to you. > Grrrr. Wanted to let a long compile sesses run overnight - and now > this! Conspiracies. All around me. Against my innocent self. :) I think it just means gtk-doc-am wants a newer gtk-doc, so it's blocking the one you have installed. You need to uninstall gtk-doc, and then you can install a newer gtk-doc and gtk-doc-am. -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> Quid me anxius sum? [ What? Me, worry? ] -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
