On 14/03/2017 19:00, allan gottlieb wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 14 2017, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
>> On 14/03/2017 16:43, allan gottlieb wrote:
>>> I update roughly twice a week. On one machine (full output below) I was
>>> told that libinput and evdev are blocking xorg-drivers
>>>
>>> [blocks B ] <x11-drivers/xf86-input-libinput-0.20.0
>>> ("<x11-drivers/xf86-input-libinput-0.20.0" is blocking
>>> x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.19)
>>> [blocks B ] <x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.4
>>> ("<x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.4" is blocking
>>> x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.19)
>>>
>>> However the merge does propose to update xorg-drivers
>>> [ebuild U ] x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.19 [1.18-r1] VIDEO_CARDS="-ark%
>>> -i915% -i965% (-newport) -sis%"
>>>
>>> It also proposes to update libinput and evdev
>>> [ebuild U ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-libinput-0.24.0 [0.19.0]
>>> [ebuild U ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.5 [2.10.3]
>>>
>>> I do see that the versions of libinput and evdev to be used are higher
>>> than the versions that would block xorg-drivers. I am wondering why in
>>> this case emerge is telling me about the block (in red with a capital B)
>>> and more importantly would appreciate confirmation that I should let the
>>> emerge proceed.
>>
>>
>> Portage found a solution that satisfies all constraints, so you should
>> let it proceed.
>>
>> Did you run emerge with -v to get the above?
>> That looks like portage is doing it's usual -v thing which is to core
>> dump to your console in the hope that maybe you can figure it out and
>> you are willing to play the game called "let's find out what portage
>> thinks it means today!"
>>
>> I don't understand why those blockers are marked hard, as portage found
>> a solution. The blocker lines are really telling you why portage wants
>> to upgrade your libinput and evdev drivers - the current ones won't work
>> with your current drivers.
>>
>> Which is all totally pointless, as newer versions of everything are
>> available and you want a full update. There's very little point in
>> software going to great lengths to tell you why it won't keep old
>> versions when you explicitly told it to not keep old versions :-)
>
> Thank you for the confirmation! I also doubt the use of B when b would
> be appropriated. No this was not a --verbose run. I would guess that
> output would be even less illuminating.
:-)
Portage is a lot like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory. Everything it
says is completely correct, and most of us have no clue what it is
talking abut!
--
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckin...@gmail.com
