Re: [gentoo-user] Uncle: qt-*:4 dependencies/blocks preventing world update

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

On Donnerstag 22 Oktober 2009, Alan E. Davis wrote:
> I've tried alot of things, but I give up.  Can someone help me with the
>  knot of dependencies that has been holding my system in hostage from any
>  attempt to update world, for weeks now?
> 
> This message asked if I want to merge these packages:
> 
> !!! The following update(s) have been skipped due to unsatisfied
> dependencies
> !!! triggered by backtracking:
> 
> x11-libs/qt-assistant:4
> x11-libs/qt-svg:4
> x11-libs/qt-test:4
> x11-libs/qt-script:4
> x11-libs/qt-webkit:4
> x11-libs/qt-opengl:4
> 
> Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No]
> 
> Here are the blocks:
> 
> Total: 70 packages (54 upgrades, 9 downgrades, 6 new, 1 reinstall), Size of
> downloads: 227,710 kB
> Conflict: 22 blocks
> 
> !!! One or more updates have been skipped due to a dependency conflict:
> 
> x11-libs/qt-gui:4
> 
>   ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.3-r1', 'merge') conflicts with
>     ~x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.2[-debug] required by ('ebuild', '/',
> 'x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.2-r1', 'merge')
> 
> x11-libs/qt-sql:4
> 
>   ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.3', 'merge') conflicts with
> 
>     >=x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.0:4[mysql] required by ('installed', '/',
> 
> 'app-office/akonadi-server-1.2.1', 'nomerge')
> 
> x11-libs/qt-core:4
> 
>   ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.3-r1', 'merge') conflicts with
>     ~x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.2[qt3support,-debug] required by ('ebuild', '/',
> 'x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2', 'merge')
> 
> x11-libs/qt-dbus:4
> 
>   ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.3', 'merge') conflicts with
>     ~x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2[-debug] required by ('ebuild', '/',
> 'x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.2-r2', 'merge')
> 
> I think one of the problems is I installed KDE 4.3.X and all of that may
> need rebuilding.
> 
> I tried installing a qt overlay.  I tried unmasking a more advanced masked
> qt.  I've seen a number of messages, some of them from a few months back,
> recommending several magical incantations.  Nothing seems to get me beyond
> this knot.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Alan
> 

show output of emerge -auvt world.

but that question has been answered many times. Have you tried googling?