On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:21:28 -0700 "Kevin O'Gorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Daniel Pielmeier > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Robert Bridge schrieb am 28.10.2008 18:21: > >> On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:08:32 -0400 > >> "James Homuth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> During an update attempt this afternoon, these little surprises > >>> were waiting for me. I took a look at the archives, and > >>> naturally, google, but all I found were lots of the same error, > >>> and no information on it/what's broken. Anyone else having this > >>> particular problem? The block errors are below. > >>> > >>> [blocks B ] sys-libs/ss (is blocking > >>> sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.2) > >>> > >>> [blocks B ] <sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41 (is blocking > >>> sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.2) > >>> > >>> [blocks B ] sys-libs/com_err (is blocking > >>> sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.2) > >>> > >>> [blocks B ] sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs (is blocking > >>> sys-libs/ss-1.40.9, > >>> sys-libs/com_err-1.40.9) > >>> > >>> This was during an emerge --update world. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> emerge -C e2fsprogs, ss, com_err && emerge -1 e2fsprogs > >> > >> e2fsprogs is being restructured, which is causing the problem. > > > > If you go the route of uninstalling things first, make sure that you > > have the sources prepared as wget might not work for some use flag > > combinations when you remove e2fsprogs, ss, com_err in advance. > > Sadly, I did not read this until these were all unmerged, and wget is > truly broken. > > Happily, I do run with buildpkg on all the time, but an this the > first time I've really needed them. Getting back to a running system > was pretty easy. > > However, this does not really solve the problem. What's a safe way to > do this emerge? Sorry, my systems came through this a while ago, with the ~ portage, so I never really noticed. For a safe solution: $ emerge -uDf world # fetch the code $ emerge -C e2fsprogs, ss, com_err # clear the blockers $ emerge -uD world # fix the system. Sorry again, Rob.
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