on Wednesday 04/30/2008 Alan McKinnon([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote
> On Wednesday 30 April 2008, John covici wrote:
> > on Wednesday 04/30/2008 Alan McKinnon([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote
> >
>
> > > [nomerge ] media-sound/sound-juicer-2.22.0 [2.20.1-r1]
> > > USE="-debug -test (-flac%*) (-ogg%*)"
> > > [ebuild U ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta-0.10-r2 [0.10]
> > > USE="X alsa dvd%* esd mad%* mpeg%* ogg%* vorbis%*
> > > xv -a52% -dvb% -ffmpeg% -flac% -mythtv% -oss* -theora%" 0 kB
> > > [ebuild N ] media-libs/gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.6 USE="-debug"
> > > 0 kB [nomerge ] media-libs/gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.6
> > > USE="-debug" [ebuild UD] media-libs/gstreamer-0.10.14
> > > [0.10.19] USE="(-debug%) (-nls%*) (-test%)" 0 kB
> > >
> > > [blocks B ] <media-libs/gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.6-r1 (is
> > > blocking media-libs/gstreamer-0.10.19)
> > >
> > > This is similar to the above. portage wants to merge the latest
> > > gstreamer, but that conflicts with an earlier gst-plugins-ugly
> > > that you already have. gstreamer and it's plugins tend to come as
> > > matched pair but they can only be merged one by one, so something
> > > has to come off first before two new packages can go on. Easiest
> > > is to unmerge the plugin, as you have gst-plugins-meta which will
> > > put it back:
> > >
> > > emerge -avC gst-plugins-ugly ; emerge -av gstreamer
> > > gst-plugins-meta
> > >
> > >
> > > Run these and check the various outputs that emerge does the right
> > > thing each time, I can't guarantee 100% results. You'll have to
> > > compensate for my lack of a crystal ball by using your eye balls
> > > ;-)
> >
> > OK, the gtk-doc one worked the plugins did not since I don't have the
> > package to unmerge at all i.e. I have no gst-plugins-ugly and I
> > unmerged gst-plugins-meta, but I still am getting the blocks -b.
>
> OK, I looked closer and saw some things I didn't see before. I think you
> have a mixed <arch> and ~<arch> system.
>
> sound-juicer is pulling in gst-plugins-meta-0.10-r2 (unstable)
> which pulls in gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.6 (stable)
> which pulls in gstreamer-0.10.14 (stable)
>
> You need to get everything that goes with gstreamer either stable or
> unstable, as this mixture doesn't work. Either:
>
> Convert the box to ~<arch> or
> keyword gstreamer and ALL it's plugins unstable in package.keywords or
> remove gst-plugins-meta from package.keywords
>
>
>
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> Alan McKinnon
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OK, I will try making all the gst-plugins unstable and see if that
fixes things -- I have been warned not to convert the whole box to
unstable -- is this a correct warning? I have been just putting the
packages in the package.keywords when portage tells me to -- which is
usually quite a few for every update.
Thanks.
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