If you checked sysvinit's changelog, the latest (-r3) has a note about something that sysvinit will no longer make because it's now provided by unix-utils. (Sorry, I forgot what, exactly).
So in this case, installing sysvinit < -r3 will conflict with unix-utils. It is not that unknown -- in the Gentoo world -- for a stable package to pull in an unstable package, because packages don't get stabilized at the same time. So, just put in the line '=sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r3 ~amd64 ~x86' in /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords and be merry :) Personally, I'd put '<=sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r99 ~amd64 ~x86' in that file. I have the conviction that versions with greater '-r' would be better, since it's a revision to the same version. (Of course, this bit me once, when a hardened-sources with larger -r is buggy; but the problem was fixed with a newer -r after two or three days.) Rgds, On 2011-08-30, meino.cra...@gmx.de <meino.cra...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hi, > > is it normal/ok, that an unmasked package pulls in a masked one? > > Best regards, > mcc > > > > Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info> [11-08-30 04:56]: >> Your sysvinit is 2.88-r1. Try upgrading it to 2.88-r3, as wanted by >> util-linux. >> >> You may have to unmask it in /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords >> >> Rgds, >> >> >> On 2011-08-30, meino.cra...@gmx.de <meino.cra...@gmx.de> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > How can I get out of this: >> > >> > Calculating dependencies... done! >> > [ebuild U ~] sys-apps/util-linux-2.20 [2.19.1-r1] USE="cramfs crypt >> > ncurses nls perl unicode -loop-aes -old-linux (-selinux) -slang >> > -static-libs% (-uclibc)" 4,507 kB >> > [blocks B ] <sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r3 >> > ("<sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r3" is >> > blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.20) >> > >> > Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 4,507 kB >> > Conflict: 1 block (1 unsatisfied) >> > >> > * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be >> > * installed at the same time on the same system. >> > >> > (sys-apps/util-linux-2.20::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled >> > in >> > by >> > >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by >> > (sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.73-r1::gentoo, >> > installed) >> > >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by (sys-fs/udev-164-r2::gentoo, >> > installed) >> > >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by >> > (x11-libs/libSM-1.2.0::gentoo, >> > installed) >> > sys-apps/util-linux required by (app-text/xmlto-0.0.23::gentoo, >> > installed) >> > >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by (dev-libs/apr-1.4.4::gentoo, >> > installed) >> > sys-apps/util-linux required by @system >> > >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.13 required by >> > (sys-power/pm-utils-1.4.1::gentoo, installed) >> > >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.13 required by >> > (www-plugins/nspluginwrapper-1.4.4::gentoo, installed) >> > >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by >> > (sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.14::gentoo, installed) >> > sys-apps/util-linux required by >> > (app-text/build-docbook-catalog-1.4::gentoo, installed) >> > >> > (sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r1::gentoo, installed) pulled in by >> > >=sys-apps/sysvinit-2.86-r6 required by (virtual/init-0::gentoo, >> > installed) >> > >> > >> > ??? >> > >> > Thank you very much in advance for any unblocking help ! :) >> > Best regards, >> > mcc >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer >> My website: http://pandu.poluan.info/ >> > > > -- -- Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer My website: http://pandu.poluan.info/