Sebastian Beßler writes:
> Am 01.07.2011 12:39, schrieb Alan Mackenzie:
> > Hi, Gentoo!
> >
> > After emerge-synching, an emerge -puND gives, in part:
> > [ebuild N ] x11-libs/gnome-pty-helper-0.28.1
> > [ebuild U ] x11-libs/vte-0.28.1-r200 [0.26.2]
> > USE="introspection*" [blocks b ] <x11-libs/vte-0.27.90
> > ("<x11-libs/vte-0.27.90" is blocking
> > x11-libs/gnome-pty-helper-0.28.1)
> >
> > . Am I right in thinking that the block means "your vte version is
> > too old for gnome-pty-helper"?
> >
> > It seems that emerge is using the old vte version rather than the one
> > it's about to install. In this case, can I just emerge vte "by hand"
> > first?
I think so.
> Does portage solve that blocking or not?
> What says emerge -auND ? Can you go on with emerge or not?
>
> Normaly portage solves that by uninstalling the old version before
> installing the new one.
Isn't that a thing that only the masked portage 2.2 does? I guess Alan stll
runs stable portage.
Wonko
