On Sunday 01 February 2009 17:49:03 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 17:07:37 +0000, Daniel D Jones wrote: > > 3.5.10 is available under the meta package system but not under the KDE > > package. Do I have to switch to the meta package to go to 3.5.10? > > (Without, that is, manually unblocking lots and lots of packages.) Can > > I simply install the meta package over the base package or will that > > create blocks or other issues? > > The monolithic and split ebuilds are incompatible, so you'll have to > uninstall one before you can install the other. > > emerge -C kde > emerge --depclean -a > emerge -av kde-meta
That's what I was afraid of. Sigh. Thanks.