At Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:51:38 +0000 Robert Bridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. This didn't work for me (but it does look safe). I needed to first add mit-krb5 to package.keywords This was a real mess. allan
