On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:24:22 +0000, dhk wrote:

> 1) The cvs I removed because I want to try subversion, but when I do an 
> "emerge -uDNp world" cvs shows in the list.  The /var/lib/portage/world 
> doesn't have cvs in it either.  This isn't a Blocking problem, but
> every update installs cvs again.

That's because something on your system depends on cvs. This is not a
problem, programs hat need cvs will use cvs, those that want subversion
will use that. Instaling both does no harm.

> 2) The ssmtp I removed because it was blocking sendmail.  When I try to 
> emerge sendmail ssmtp is on top of the list and I stll have blocking. 
> See the --pretend below.  The sendmail program doesn't show up in the 
> /var/lib/portage/world either.

sendmail won;t be in your world file, it is not installed.

> [ebuild  N    ] mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61-r2  USE="ipv6 ssl -mailwrapper
> -md5sum" [ebuild  N    ] mail-filter/procmail-3.22-r7  USE="-mbox
> (-selinux)" [ebuild  N    ] mail-mta/sendmail-8.14.0  USE="ipv6 ssl
> tcpd -ldap -mailwrapper -mbox -nis -sasl -sockets"
> [blocks B     ] mail-mta/sendmail (is blocking mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61-r2)
> [blocks B     ] mail-mta/ssmtp (is blocking mail-mta/sendmail-8.14.0)

I suspect this may be because you have -mailwrapper in USE.


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Neil Bothwick

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