Hello,
Blocking means that a package prevents other package from being installed.
I guess you already figured that out... :)
Quote from man pages should be quite clear (if not, ask :), it follows.
>From man emerge
"
[blocks B ] app-text/dos2unix (from pkg app-text/hd2u-0.8.0)
Dos2unix is Blocking hd2u from being emerged. Blockers are
defined when two packages will clobber each others files, or
otherwise cause some form of breakage in your system. However,
blockers usually do not need to be simultaneously emerged
because they usually provide the same functionality.
"
When I've got a block, I unmerge the blocking package (emerge -C ftpbase
in your case) and then emerge package I originally wanted (emerge proftpd).
I'm not sure if there's an other way to do this, but just unmerging has
worked for me so far.
--
Olli Koskela
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quoting Jayson Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi,
> Several days ago I did an 'emerge --ask --nospinner -u world' to update my
> software as normal, but was told that ftpbase-0.00 was blocking
> proftpd-1.something. What, exactly, does this mean and what do I do about
> it? I want to continue using Proftpd, and don't know what Ftpbase is. Any
> help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Jayson.
>
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