Andrew Lowe writes:
> Hi all,
> I've got a PC that I use as a media computer, music, videos etc. I
> haven't updated it in ages so decided now is the time to give it a go. I
> issue the command, and subsequently get:
>
> ***************************
>
> harold ~# emerge --pretend -NuD world
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
>
> emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy
> "dev-vcs/subversion[-dso,perl]".
> !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request:
> - dev-vcs/subversion-1.6.15 (Change USE: -dso)
> (dependency required by "dev-vcs/git-1.7.4_rc3" [ebuild])
> (dependency required by "sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r1" [ebuild])
> (dependency required by "dev-libs/popt-1.16-r1" [ebuild])
> (dependency required by "dev-util/pkgconfig-0.25-r2" [ebuild])
> (dependency required by "dev-lang/python-3.1.3" [ebuild])
> (dependency required by "app-admin/python-updater-0.8" [installed])
>
> ***************************
>
> Well, it's a media computer so subversion shouldn't be there - I think
> it's a leftover from a previous task for this machine. So I now issue
> the command, and once again get:
>
> ***************************
>
> harold ~ # emerge -C subversion
> * This action can remove important packages! In order to be safer, use
> * `emerge -pv --depclean <atom>` to check for reverse dependencies
> before * removing packages.
>
> --- Couldn't find 'null/subversion' to unmerge.
>
> >>> No packages selected for removal by unmerge
>
> harold ~ #
>
> ***************************
>
> So, I'm now confused. I'm not a "Portage rocket scientist", but my
> reading of this is that subversion needs some flags set, but subversion
> isn't there!!!! Is this correct? Any ideas as to how I can get myself
> out of this pickle?
Looks like subversion is not installed, but the world update will pull it
in. But it cannot be installed because of the dso USE flag, whatever this
may be. Do you have it set in make.conf or /etc/portage/package.use? It
seems so. Add
dev-vcs/subversion -dso
to your /etc/portage/package.use to get rid of it, subversion should build
then.
Other tips for world updates after a long while:
- Add -t to the emerge command, the tree output sometimes helps to see where
problems come from. Would not heklp in this case, though.
- Separate the update into smaller tasks. Start with emerge -DautvN system,
and do the same for world later.
Wonko
