On Wednesday 05 August 2009 09:28:30 Dave Oxley wrote: > I'm trying to emerge kde-4.3 but get the following block that I've been > unable to resolve. Anyone have any ideas? > > Cheers, > Dave. > > [blocks B ] <sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.8 > ("<sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.8" is blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.16)
portage wants to install latest util-linux but can't as you have an old e2fsprogs-libs in the way. Solution is to upgrade the blocker first then re- run the original emerge: emerge -av1 e2fsprogs-libs emerge kde > > ('installed', '/', 'sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.3-r1', 'nomerge') > pulled in by > > >=sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.0 required by ('installed', '/', > > 'app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.6.3-r6', 'nomerge') > > >=sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41 required by ('installed', '/', > > 'sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2', 'nomerge') > sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs required by ('installed', '/', > 'x11-libs/libSM-1.1.0', 'nomerge') > > ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/util-linux-2.16', 'merge') pulled in by > > >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.13 required by ('ebuild', '/', > > 'sys-power/pm-utils-1.2.5', 'merge') > sys-apps/util-linux required by ('installed', '/', > 'app-text/build-docbook-catalog-1.4', 'nomerge') > > >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by ('ebuild', '/', > > 'sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2', 'merge') -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com