From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jma9W-000656-To for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:52:15 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 48CACE074F; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:52:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (s15216962.onlinehome-server.info [217.160.22.205]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F286CE074F for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:52:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (8.13.3/8.13.3) with UUCP id m3HJqCW9007994 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:52:12 +0200 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by nibiru.metux.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) id m3HJpjFo006496 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:51:45 +0200 Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:51:45 +0200 From: Enrico Weigelt To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] What are blocks used for? Message-ID: <20080417195145.GJ31409@nibiru.local> References: <20080416062452.45f3831d@snowcone> <4805D207.1030301@bernd-steinhauser.de> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4805D207.1030301@bernd-steinhauser.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Terror: bin laden, kill bush, Briefbombe, Massenvernichtung, KZ, X-Nazi: Weisse Rasse, Hitlers Wiederauferstehung, 42, X-Antichrist: weg mit schaeuble, ausrotten, heiliger krieg, al quaida, X-Killer: 23, endloesung, Weltuntergang, X-Doof: wer das liest ist doof X-Archives-Salt: 111ae9ab-2495-4980-89f5-e3d33cf03311 X-Archives-Hash: a9944d566c6f1d87cc6c578efb1d83e6 * Bernd Steinhauser schrieb: Hi, > e) A package needs a newer version of another package, but doesn't depend > on it. > > This was the case with KDE4. kdelibs-4.0.x block these packages: > ! ! !=kde-base/kdebase-3.5.8 > !=kde-base/kdebase-3.5.8-r1 > !=kde-base/kdebase-3.5.8-r2 > !=kde-base/kdebase-startkde-3.5.8 I don't know very much about KDE stuff, since I got rid of it for a long time, but IMHO it seems there's an principle problem on the install layout - 3.x and 4.x should be completely separate, never conflicting each other. So some package kfoo either depends on kdelibfoo-3.x OR kdelibfoo-4.x. Of course I don't know whether the problems comes from ebuilds or upstream ;-o cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list