Usually these emerge blockages disappear after a few days, but this
one has been hanging around for a while. Apparently my google-fu is
pretty bad on this subject because I can't find anything useful.
Here are snippets from the most recent sync and -p update:
[nomerge ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-tga-1.2.0
[ebuild UD] x11-base/xorg-server-1.4.2 [1.5.2]
[blocks B ] <x11-base/xorg-server-1.5 ("<x11-base/xorg-server-1.5" is
blocking x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.6)
* Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
* installed at the same time on the same system.
('installed', '/', 'x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.6', 'nomerge') pulled in by
>=x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.3 required by ('installed', '/',
'x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.2', 'nomerge')
>=x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.3 required by ('installed', '/',
'x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4', 'nomerge')
('ebuild', '/', 'x11-base/xorg-server-1.4.2', 'merge') pulled in by
>=x11-base/xorg-server-1.4.0.90 required by ('installed', '/',
'x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.0.8', 'nomerge')
>=x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 required by ('installed', '/',
'x11-drivers/xf86-video-trident-1.3.1', 'nomerge')
>=x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 required by ('installed', '/',
'x11-drivers/xf86-input-magellan-1.2.0', 'nomerge')
(and 63 more)
I suppose the first mystery is why it wants to downgrade xorg-server.
I do have an overflowing world file from my not understanding that
portage is not smart enough to figure things out better, but I have
been cleaning it up, and removing every single "x11-driver" entry
doesn't change it from wanting to downgrade.
The second mystery is why libpciaccess is involved in this. Is this
because xorg-server-1.4 can't tolerate a recent libpicaccess and needs
to downgrade? The message doesn't say that.
Is there a reasonable way to resolve this? X works fine for me as is
with 1.5.2, so I am not in a hurry to downgrade. But it is annoying
seeing this blockage week after week.
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