[gentoo-portage-dev] emerge system; blocked package

[gentoo-portage-dev] emerge system; blocked package

[Sam VdE]

Hi all,

I have Gentoo linux running on alpha. I would like to update the system. 
When I do "emerge system -p" I get a list of the packages to merge:

>>>These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating system dependencies ...done!
[blocks B     ] <dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.05-r6 (from pkg 
dev-lang/perl-5.8.3)
[ebuild  N    ] app-crypt/hashalot-0.2.0
...
...

The first package is the one that gives problem. When I try to update it 
"emerge ExtUtils-MakeMaker -p" I get:

>>>These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[blocks B     ] <dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.05-r6 (from pkg 
dev-lang/perl-5.8.3)
[ebuild     U ] sys-devel/libperl-5.8.3 [5.8.0]
...
...

The same issue again. I cannot remove it either, "emerge unmerge 
ExtUtils-MakeMaker -p" gives me:

>>>These are the packages that I would unmerge:

dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker
   selected: 6.05-r5
  protected: none
    omitted: none

>>>'Selected' packages are slated for removal. 'Protected' and 'omitted' 
>>>packages will not be removed.

I tried upgrading/removing/reinstalling Perl and Perl-dev. I always get 
blocked on that particular ExtUtils-MakeMaker package.

Any ideas?


Thanks and regards
Sam

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Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] emerge system; blocked package

[Sam VdE]

Doh!

You are right, due to all the errors I had, I always used the -p option to 
test it and to avoid emerges operations crashing. I tried dozens of times 
always ending in emerge failing which I don't like since I would think it 
leaves some mess after running then. The -p option also gives some info in 
red, but it is not an error message like the "blocks" message (also in 
red)...

While I was quite proud of myself after installing Gentoo on alpha, now I 
feel like a total idiot :-s

Thanks for the quick reply, I am able to continue my Gentoo journey!

Kind regards
Sam


>From: Jonathan Coe <jbc28@cam.ac.uk>
>To: Sam VdE <svde_portage@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] emerge system; blocked package
>Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:29:11 +0100 (BST)
>
>What happens when you type "emerge unmerge ExtUtils-MakeMaker"?
>I think this should fix it.
>J
>
>On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Sam VdE wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have Gentoo linux running on alpha. I would like to update the system.
> > When I do "emerge system -p" I get a list of the packages to merge:
> >
> > >>>These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
> >
> > Calculating system dependencies ...done!
> > [blocks B     ] <dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.05-r6 (from pkg
> > dev-lang/perl-5.8.3)
> > [ebuild  N    ] app-crypt/hashalot-0.2.0
> > ...
> > ...
> >
> > The first package is the one that gives problem. When I try to update it
> > "emerge ExtUtils-MakeMaker -p" I get:
> >
> > >>>These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
> >
> > Calculating dependencies ...done!
> > [blocks B     ] <dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.05-r6 (from pkg
> > dev-lang/perl-5.8.3)
> > [ebuild     U ] sys-devel/libperl-5.8.3 [5.8.0]
> > ...
> > ...
> >
> > The same issue again. I cannot remove it either, "emerge unmerge
> > ExtUtils-MakeMaker -p" gives me:
> >
> > >>>These are the packages that I would unmerge:
> >
> > dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker
> >    selected: 6.05-r5
> >   protected: none
> >     omitted: none
> >
> > >>>'Selected' packages are slated for removal. 'Protected' and 'omitted'
> > >>>packages will not be removed.
> >
> > I tried upgrading/removing/reinstalling Perl and Perl-dev. I always get
> > blocked on that particular ExtUtils-MakeMaker package.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
> > Thanks and regards
> > Sam
> >
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