Raffaele Belardi wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 07/01/2015 16:12, Raffaele BELARDI wrote:
>>> I have a block, I'm not looking for a solution yet, just a correct
>>> interpretation of the error messages:
>>>
>>> [blocks B ] <x11-base/xorg-server-1.16.2-r1
>>> ("<x11-base/xorg-server-1.16.2-r1" is blocking
>>> app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.1-r1)
>>>
>>> * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
>>> * installed at the same time on the same system.
>>>
>>> (x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.4-r2:0/1.12.4::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
>>> x11-base/xorg-server[xorg] required by
>>> (x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-2.3.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
>>> >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 required by
>>> (x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-2.3.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
>>> (snip)
>>>
>>> (app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.1-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for
>>> merge) pulled in by
>>> >=app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.0 required by
>>> (x11-proto/glproto-1.4.17-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>>> >=app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.0 required by
>>> (media-libs/mesa-10.3.5-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>>> >=app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.0.8 required by
>>> (x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.4-r2:0/1.12.4::gentoo, installed)
>>>
>>> Looks to me the message is wrong. Shouldn't the first line read
>>> ("!<x11-base/xorg-server-1.16.2-r1" is blocking
>>> app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.1-r1)? Note the leading '!'
>>
>>
>> No, the ! doesn't mean not there
>>
>>>
>>> The ebuild in fact contains:
>>> RDEPEND=">=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4
>>> !<media-libs/mesa-10.3.4-r1
>>> !=media-libs/mesa-10.3.5
>>> !<x11-proto/glproto-1.4.17-r1
>>> !<x11-base/xorg-server-1.16.2-r1
>>> ....
>>
>> The last line must be read as the package cannot be installed if
>> xorg-server version <1.16.2-r1 is present. Most deps are expressed as
>> "you must have this", but those 4 are expressed "you must not have this".
>>
>> So the error message is correct, it is saying
>> app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.3.1-r1 cannot be installed as you have a
>> version of xorg-server earlier than 1.16.2-r1 already installed. There
>> is no negation there.
>>
>> Solution: upgrade xorg-server then do everything else.
>
> Ok, that makes sense.
> Unmasking xorg-server is not an option because starting from 1.13 XAA
> support was removed and that makes my ancient video card too slow, I'll
> have to find a different solution.
I bypassed the block by adding the eselect-opengl, mesa and glproto
lines in package.mask:
# works but window dragging is SLOW
# possibly because starting from 1.13 XAA support was removed from the #
xorg-server
>=x11-base/xorg-server-1.13.1
# this requires >xorg-server-1.13.1, resulting in a block
>app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.2.7
# these require eselect-opengl-1.3.0, resulting in a block
>=media-libs/mesa-10.3.5-r1
>=x11-proto/glproto-1.4.17-r1
raffaele
