On my laptop, I did emerge sync and it said to emerge portage,
however when I tried to do this I got the following:
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies ..... ..... done!
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/sandbox-1.2.18.1-r2 [1.2.17] 232 kB
[ebuild U ] dev-python/pycrypto-2.0.1-r6 [2.0.1-r5] USE="-bindist -gmp
-test" 151 kB
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/portage-2.1.4.4 [2.1.2.7] USE="doc* -build -epydoc
(-selinux)" LINGUAS="-pl" 368 kB
*** Portage will stop merging at this point and reload itself,
then resume the merge.
[ebuild U ] app-shells/bash-3.2_p33 [3.1_p17] USE="nls -afs -bashlogger
-plugins% -vanilla" 2,564 kB
[blocks B ] <sys-apps/portage-2.1.4_rc1 (is blocking
app-shells/bash-3.2_p33)
Total: 4 packages (4 upgrades, 1 block), Size of downloads: 3,313 kB
My emerge --info follows:
Portage 2.1.2.7 (default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0,
2.6.20-suspend2-r6 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.20-suspend2-r6 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5600 @
1.83GHz
Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9
Timestamp of tree: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:06:01 +0000
app-shells/bash: 3.1_p17
dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9
sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61
sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1
emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m
maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci"
ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file
hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route
share shm softvol"
APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm
authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host
authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir
disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info
log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling
status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias"
ARCH="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
BASH_ENV="/root/.bashrc"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=i686 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CLEAN_DELAY="5"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo"
CVS_RSH="ssh"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=i686 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
EDITOR="/usr/bin/emacs"
ELIBC="glibc"
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--ask --color=n --verbose --nospinner"
EMERGE_WARNING_DELAY="10"
FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -P ${DISTDIR} ${URI}"
GCC_SPECS=""
GDK_USE_XFT="1"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.iawnet.sandia.gov/pub/gentoo/
http://distfiles.gentoo.org";
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES="1"
G_FILENAME_ENCODING="UTF-8"
HOME="/root"
INFOPATH="/usr/share/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.16.1/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/info:/usr/share/info/emacs-22"
INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev"
KERNEL="linux"
LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses
text"
LESS="-R -M --shift 5"
LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s"
LOGNAME="root"
LS_COLORS="no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.pdf=00;32:*.ps=00;32:*.txt=00;32:*.patch=00;32:*.diff=00;32:*.log=00;32:*.tex=00;32:*.doc=00;32:*.flac=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.aac=00;36:*.ra=01;36:*.mka=01;36:"
MAIL="/var/mail/root"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
MANPATH="/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.16.1/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/man"
NOCOLOR="true"
OLDPWD="/root"
OPENGL_PROFILE="xorg-x11"
PAGER="/usr/bin/less"
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.1:/root/bin"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_ARCHLIST="ppc s390 amd64 x86 ppc64 x86-fbsd m68k arm sparc sh mips ia64
alpha hppa sparc-fbsd"
PORTAGE_BINHOST_CHUNKSIZE="3000"
PORTAGE_BIN_PATH="/usr/lib/portage/bin"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_DEBUG="0"
PORTAGE_DEPCACHEDIR="/var/cache/edb/dep"
PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="log warn error"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM="portage"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILSUBJECT="[portage] ebuild log for ${PACKAGE} on ${HOST}"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="[EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/sbin/sendmail"
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save mail_summary"
PORTAGE_GID="250"
PORTAGE_INST_GID="0"
PORTAGE_INST_UID="0"
PORTAGE_PYM_PATH="/usr/lib/portage/pym"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress
--force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180
--exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages
--filter=H_**/files/digest-*"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES="3"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTAGE_WORKDIR_MODE="0700"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORT_LOGDIR="/var/log/portage"
PS1="\h:\w\$ "
PWD="/usr/src"
PYTHONPATH="/usr/lib/portage/pym"
RESUMECOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -c -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -P ${DISTDIR} ${URI}"
ROOT="/"
ROOTPATH="/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.1"
RPMDIR="/usr/portage/rpm"
SHELL="/bin/bash"
SHLVL="1"
SSH_CLIENT="192.168.0.1 42421 22"
SSH_CONNECTION="192.168.0.1 42421 192.168.0.4 22"
SSH_TTY="/dev/pts/0"
STAGE1_USE="nptl nptlonly unicode"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
TERM="linux"
USE="X accessibility acl acpi alsa arts berkdb cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt
cups dbus doc dri dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo fam firefox
fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog jpeg
kerberos ldap mad midi mikmod mp3 mpeg mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly
nsplugin ogg opengl openmp oss pam pcre pdf perl png pppd python qt3support
quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl svg tcpd tiff truetype
unicode vorbis win32codecs x86 xml xorg xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000
atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938
es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx
via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop
empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi
null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias
auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm
authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache
dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache
filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic
negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack
vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux"
LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses
text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint
i128 i740 i810 imstt mach64 mga neomagic nsc nv r128 radeon rendition s3
s3virge savage siliconmotion sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa vga via
vmware voodoo"
USER="root"
USERLAND="GNU"
USERNAME="root"
USE_EXPAND="ALSA_CARDS ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS APACHE2_MODULES APACHE2_MPMS CAMERAS
CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS DVB_CARDS ELIBC FCDSL_CARDS FOO2ZJS_DEVICES FRITZCAPI_CARDS
INPUT_DEVICES KERNEL LCD_DEVICES LINGUAS LIRC_DEVICES MISDN_CARDS USERLAND
VIDEO_CARDS"
USE_EXPAND_HIDDEN="CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND"
USE_ORDER="env:pkg:conf:defaults:pkginternal"
VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint i128 i740 i810 imstt
mach64 mga neomagic nsc nv r128 radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage
siliconmotion sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa vga via vmware voodoo"
XARGS="xargs -r"
_="/usr/bin/emerge"
Thanks in advance for a solution to this one -- I didn't dare delete
portage which is what I normally do if a package is blocking
something.
--
Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
How do
you spend it?
John Covici
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
