Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using portage-2.2_rc33. And it has become smarter with every new > release. Still, I don't understand why it's sometimes smarter than other > times. > > In most cases now, it's able to handle cases where installed old > packages which depend on, say, libXX-version-1, block emerging > libXX-version-2 by unmerging the old version itself. > > But sometimes, like today when upgrading from various qt-...-4.5.1 > to qt-...-4.5.2 packages it produces tons of blockings which it > cannot resolve itself. > > How can I help portage to resolve this blockings itself in a smart way? > (trying to do > emerge --keep-going -j2 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep @system @world > automatically. > ) > > Many thanks for a hint, > Helmut. > >
Another thought to. The option --with-bdeps y may help. It may not but it could be worth a try. I have ran into problems where that helped and have read where a few others have ran into similar problems and that fixed it. It just tells emerge to dig a little deeper from my understanding. Can't think of anything else at the moment. Dale :-) :-)
