On Saturday 15 November 2008 01:07:33 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Markos Chandras > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I ve upgraded to portage-2.2 . From that time i am having a problem. When > > portage finds a collision between two files during the merge time , it > > complains and doesnt merge the new package. The weird thing is that i do > > not have collision-protect under FEATURES on /etc/make.conf file > > > > Any idea how to deal with that? > > Check to see which other package owns the collided file. If none, it's > probably safe to delete it & emerge the new package (which will > replace that file anyway). That's what I do. > > Paul This usually happens when I am trying to install slotted packages like amarok-1.94
I am using amarok-1.4.10 and I am trying to install amarok-1.94. They are on different slots but portage keeps complaining about collisions. Since I do not have collision-protect on FEATURES, portage MUST merge the package even if it warns me... -- Markos Chandras
