On 6/7/05, Robert Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 07 June 2005 12:24 pm, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > This morning I can no longer emerge world. It says (in part) > > > > > treat root # emerge -aDvu world && etc-update > > > > > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > > > > > Calculating world dependencies ...done! > > > [blocks B ] <=x11-themes/gnome-themes-2.8.2 (is blocking > > > x11-themes/gtk-engines-2.6.3) > > > > and later > > > > > Total size of downloads: 45,079 kB > > > > > > !!! Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be > > > installed !!! on the same system. > > > > > > treat root # > > > > Now since my package.mask and package.keywords are both empty, I don't > > think it's anything I did. How can I get this working again, or is this a > > momentary glitch > > that will go away by itself? > > > > ++ kevin > > Remove the blocking package (emerge -C =(the blocking package), then do emerge > -aDvu world again. This is a very common procedure. Afterwards, if needed, > remerge the package you unmerged. Sometimes an updated package for the one > you removed shows up in the list AFTER the blocked package is emerged. > > I'd question doing the && etc-update, as if it runs etc-update automatically > with the -5 option, you might be screwed. I always back up my entire /etc > directory (at the very least) before a major emerge system or world. Then I > always go through etc-update manually. If you know what to look for, and > don't blindly update files that don't need it, it doesn't take that long. > > Robert Crawford > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > >
Thanks. I'll try it this way; I've not had to deal with this before. Not to fear. This is not in a script, it's in the console. It's just a way to make sure I don't *forget* to do etc-update. This way, when it's all done and I finally go back to the desktop where it was happening, it's sitting there reminding me to play with my config files again. I'm a disorganized person in general, but I cope by having procedures with the important reminders in place. ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
