[gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[Massimiliano Ziccardi]

Hi all!

Sorry to bother you again : it was a long time!

I've again one problem I'm not sure I can easily solve...

Today, I did:

emerge -upD --newuse world

but I got an error:

These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:

Calculating dependencies  .... done!
[ebuild   R   ] media-libs/swfdec-0.8.4  USE="ffmpeg*"
[ebuild   R   ] app-cdr/k3b-1.68.0_alpha3  USE="ffmpeg*"
[ebuild     U ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.5.4 [3.0.14] USE="alsa%*
-sqlite%" LINGUAS="-as% -bn_BD% -es_CL% -es_MX% -fa% -hr% -kk% -ml%
-or% -rm% -ta% -ta_LK% -vi%"
[ebuild   R   ] media-video/vlc-1.0.2  USE="ffmpeg*"
[nomerge      ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 [0.5.12_rc1-r8]
[ebuild     U ]  app-misc/hal-info-20090716 [20090414]
[ebuild     U ] sys-apps/busybox-1.14.2 [1.13.2]
[ebuild     U ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 [0.5.12_rc1-r8]
[nomerge      ] media-video/vlc-1.0.2  USE="ffmpeg*"
[ebuild     U ]  net-libs/xulrunner-1.9.1.4 [1.9.0.14] USE="alsa%*
python%* -debug% -sqlite%"
[nomerge      ] media-libs/swfdec-0.8.4  USE="ffmpeg*"
[ebuild  N    ]  media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg-0.10.7
[ebuild     U ] sys-fs/udev-146-r1 [141] USE="-devfs-compat% -extras%"
[nomerge      ] kde-base/kdm-4.3.1-r2
[nomerge      ]  x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.3
[nomerge      ]   x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.3
[ebuild     U ]    dev-db/mysql-5.0.84-r1 [5.0.70-r1] USE="-community%
-profiling%"
[blocks B     ] sys-fs/device-mapper ("sys-fs/device-mapper" is
blocking sys-fs/udev-146-r1)

 * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
 * installed at the same time on the same system.

  ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-fs/udev-146-r1', 'merge') pulled in by
    >=sys-fs/udev-117 required by ('ebuild', '/',
'sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2', 'merge')
    sys-fs/udev required by ('installed', '/',
'sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r8', 'nomerge')
    >=sys-fs/udev-124 required by ('installed', '/',
'sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2', 'nomerge')
    (and 2 more)

  ('installed', '/', 'sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.24-r1', 'nomerge') pulled in by
    >=sys-fs/device-mapper-1.00.07-r1 required by ('installed', '/',
'sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2', 'nomerge')


Have you an idea about how to solve this?
Should I unmask a new version of 'device-mapper'?

My package.keywords and package.unmask are empty.

Thanks.

Massimiliano

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[Alan McKinnon]

On Tuesday 10 November 2009 16:31:34 Massimiliano Ziccardi wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> Sorry to bother you again : it was a long time!
> 
> I've again one problem I'm not sure I can easily solve...
> 
> Today, I did:
> 
> emerge -upD --newuse world
> 
> but I got an error:
> 
> These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
> 
> Calculating dependencies  .... done!
> [ebuild   R   ] media-libs/swfdec-0.8.4  USE="ffmpeg*"
> [ebuild   R   ] app-cdr/k3b-1.68.0_alpha3  USE="ffmpeg*"
> [ebuild     U ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.5.4 [3.0.14] USE="alsa%*
> -sqlite%" LINGUAS="-as% -bn_BD% -es_CL% -es_MX% -fa% -hr% -kk% -ml%
> -or% -rm% -ta% -ta_LK% -vi%"
> [ebuild   R   ] media-video/vlc-1.0.2  USE="ffmpeg*"
> [nomerge      ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 [0.5.12_rc1-r8]
> [ebuild     U ]  app-misc/hal-info-20090716 [20090414]
> [ebuild     U ] sys-apps/busybox-1.14.2 [1.13.2]
> [ebuild     U ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 [0.5.12_rc1-r8]
> [nomerge      ] media-video/vlc-1.0.2  USE="ffmpeg*"
> [ebuild     U ]  net-libs/xulrunner-1.9.1.4 [1.9.0.14] USE="alsa%*
> python%* -debug% -sqlite%"
> [nomerge      ] media-libs/swfdec-0.8.4  USE="ffmpeg*"
> [ebuild  N    ]  media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg-0.10.7
> [ebuild     U ] sys-fs/udev-146-r1 [141] USE="-devfs-compat% -extras%"
> [nomerge      ] kde-base/kdm-4.3.1-r2
> [nomerge      ]  x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.3
> [nomerge      ]   x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.3
> [ebuild     U ]    dev-db/mysql-5.0.84-r1 [5.0.70-r1] USE="-community%
> -profiling%"
> [blocks B     ] sys-fs/device-mapper ("sys-fs/device-mapper" is
> blocking sys-fs/udev-146-r1)
> 
>  * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
>  * installed at the same time on the same system.
> 
>   ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-fs/udev-146-r1', 'merge') pulled in by
> 
>     >=sys-fs/udev-117 required by ('ebuild', '/',
> 
> 'sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2', 'merge')
>     sys-fs/udev required by ('installed', '/',
> 'sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r8', 'nomerge')
> 
>     >=sys-fs/udev-124 required by ('installed', '/',
> 
> 'sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2', 'nomerge')
>     (and 2 more)
> 
>   ('installed', '/', 'sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.24-r1', 'nomerge') pulled
>  in by
> 
>     >=sys-fs/device-mapper-1.00.07-r1 required by ('installed', '/',
> 
> 'sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2', 'nomerge')
> 
> 
> Have you an idea about how to solve this?
> Should I unmask a new version of 'device-mapper'?

this was answered earlier today on this very list:

unmerge device-mapper
merge lvm2


-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[Massimiliano Ziccardi]

That solved the problem.

>this was answered earlier today on this very list:

Sorry, it has been my fault: I should have performed a deeper search.

Thank you!

Massimiliano.

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 November 2009 16:31:34 Massimiliano Ziccardi wrote:
>> Hi all!
>>
>> Sorry to bother you again : it was a long time!
>>
>> I've again one problem I'm not sure I can easily solve...
>>
>> Today, I did:
>>
>> emerge -upD --newuse world
>>
>> but I got an error:
>>
>> These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
>>
>> Calculating dependencies  .... done!
>> [ebuild   R   ] media-libs/swfdec-0.8.4  USE="ffmpeg*"
>> [ebuild   R   ] app-cdr/k3b-1.68.0_alpha3  USE="ffmpeg*"
>> [ebuild     U ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.5.4 [3.0.14] USE="alsa%*
>> -sqlite%" LINGUAS="-as% -bn_BD% -es_CL% -es_MX% -fa% -hr% -kk% -ml%
>> -or% -rm% -ta% -ta_LK% -vi%"
>> [ebuild   R   ] media-video/vlc-1.0.2  USE="ffmpeg*"
>> [nomerge      ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 [0.5.12_rc1-r8]
>> [ebuild     U ]  app-misc/hal-info-20090716 [20090414]
>> [ebuild     U ] sys-apps/busybox-1.14.2 [1.13.2]
>> [ebuild     U ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 [0.5.12_rc1-r8]
>> [nomerge      ] media-video/vlc-1.0.2  USE="ffmpeg*"
>> [ebuild     U ]  net-libs/xulrunner-1.9.1.4 [1.9.0.14] USE="alsa%*
>> python%* -debug% -sqlite%"
>> [nomerge      ] media-libs/swfdec-0.8.4  USE="ffmpeg*"
>> [ebuild  N    ]  media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg-0.10.7
>> [ebuild     U ] sys-fs/udev-146-r1 [141] USE="-devfs-compat% -extras%"
>> [nomerge      ] kde-base/kdm-4.3.1-r2
>> [nomerge      ]  x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.3
>> [nomerge      ]   x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.3
>> [ebuild     U ]    dev-db/mysql-5.0.84-r1 [5.0.70-r1] USE="-community%
>> -profiling%"
>> [blocks B     ] sys-fs/device-mapper ("sys-fs/device-mapper" is
>> blocking sys-fs/udev-146-r1)
>>
>>  * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
>>  * installed at the same time on the same system.
>>
>>   ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-fs/udev-146-r1', 'merge') pulled in by
>>
>>     >=sys-fs/udev-117 required by ('ebuild', '/',
>>
>> 'sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2', 'merge')
>>     sys-fs/udev required by ('installed', '/',
>> 'sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r8', 'nomerge')
>>
>>     >=sys-fs/udev-124 required by ('installed', '/',
>>
>> 'sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2', 'nomerge')
>>     (and 2 more)
>>
>>   ('installed', '/', 'sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.24-r1', 'nomerge') pulled
>>  in by
>>
>>     >=sys-fs/device-mapper-1.00.07-r1 required by ('installed', '/',
>>
>> 'sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2', 'nomerge')
>>
>>
>> Have you an idea about how to solve this?
>> Should I unmask a new version of 'device-mapper'?
>
> this was answered earlier today on this very list:
>
> unmerge device-mapper
> merge lvm2
>
>
> --
> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
>
>

[gentoo-user] Re: Problem with update world

[Massimiliano Ziccardi]

One more info you could find useful.

Yesterday update world did work.

Today, I've enabled the ffmpeg flag and launched an update world,
getting the error

Thanks,
Massimiliano

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Massimiliano Ziccardi
<massimiliano.ziccardi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Sorry to bother you again : it was a long time!
>
> I've again one problem I'm not sure I can easily solve...
>
> Today, I did:
>
> emerge -upD --newuse world
>
> but I got an error:
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
>
> Calculating dependencies  .... done!
> [ebuild   R   ] media-libs/swfdec-0.8.4  USE="ffmpeg*"
> [ebuild   R   ] app-cdr/k3b-1.68.0_alpha3  USE="ffmpeg*"
> [ebuild     U ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.5.4 [3.0.14] USE="alsa%*
> -sqlite%" LINGUAS="-as% -bn_BD% -es_CL% -es_MX% -fa% -hr% -kk% -ml%
> -or% -rm% -ta% -ta_LK% -vi%"
> [ebuild   R   ] media-video/vlc-1.0.2  USE="ffmpeg*"
> [nomerge      ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 [0.5.12_rc1-r8]
> [ebuild     U ]  app-misc/hal-info-20090716 [20090414]
> [ebuild     U ] sys-apps/busybox-1.14.2 [1.13.2]
> [ebuild     U ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 [0.5.12_rc1-r8]
> [nomerge      ] media-video/vlc-1.0.2  USE="ffmpeg*"
> [ebuild     U ]  net-libs/xulrunner-1.9.1.4 [1.9.0.14] USE="alsa%*
> python%* -debug% -sqlite%"
> [nomerge      ] media-libs/swfdec-0.8.4  USE="ffmpeg*"
> [ebuild  N    ]  media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg-0.10.7
> [ebuild     U ] sys-fs/udev-146-r1 [141] USE="-devfs-compat% -extras%"
> [nomerge      ] kde-base/kdm-4.3.1-r2
> [nomerge      ]  x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.3
> [nomerge      ]   x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.3
> [ebuild     U ]    dev-db/mysql-5.0.84-r1 [5.0.70-r1] USE="-community%
> -profiling%"
> [blocks B     ] sys-fs/device-mapper ("sys-fs/device-mapper" is
> blocking sys-fs/udev-146-r1)
>
>  * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
>  * installed at the same time on the same system.
>
>  ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-fs/udev-146-r1', 'merge') pulled in by
>    >=sys-fs/udev-117 required by ('ebuild', '/',
> 'sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2', 'merge')
>    sys-fs/udev required by ('installed', '/',
> 'sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r8', 'nomerge')
>    >=sys-fs/udev-124 required by ('installed', '/',
> 'sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2', 'nomerge')
>    (and 2 more)
>
>  ('installed', '/', 'sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.24-r1', 'nomerge') pulled in by
>    >=sys-fs/device-mapper-1.00.07-r1 required by ('installed', '/',
> 'sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2', 'nomerge')
>
>
> Have you an idea about how to solve this?
> Should I unmask a new version of 'device-mapper'?
>
> My package.keywords and package.unmask are empty.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Massimiliano
>

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[Dale]

Massimiliano Ziccardi wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Sorry to bother you again : it was a long time!
>
> I've again one problem I'm not sure I can easily solve...
>
> Today, I did:
>
> emerge -upD --newuse world
>
> but I got an error:
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
>
> Calculating dependencies  .... done!
> [ebuild   R   ] media-libs/swfdec-0.8.4  USE="ffmpeg*"
> [ebuild   R   ] app-cdr/k3b-1.68.0_alpha3  USE="ffmpeg*"
> [ebuild     U ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.5.4 [3.0.14] USE="alsa%*
> -sqlite%" LINGUAS="-as% -bn_BD% -es_CL% -es_MX% -fa% -hr% -kk% -ml%
> -or% -rm% -ta% -ta_LK% -vi%"
> [ebuild   R   ] media-video/vlc-1.0.2  USE="ffmpeg*"
> [nomerge      ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 [0.5.12_rc1-r8]
> [ebuild     U ]  app-misc/hal-info-20090716 [20090414]
> [ebuild     U ] sys-apps/busybox-1.14.2 [1.13.2]
> [ebuild     U ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 [0.5.12_rc1-r8]
> [nomerge      ] media-video/vlc-1.0.2  USE="ffmpeg*"
> [ebuild     U ]  net-libs/xulrunner-1.9.1.4 [1.9.0.14] USE="alsa%*
> python%* -debug% -sqlite%"
> [nomerge      ] media-libs/swfdec-0.8.4  USE="ffmpeg*"
> [ebuild  N    ]  media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg-0.10.7
> [ebuild     U ] sys-fs/udev-146-r1 [141] USE="-devfs-compat% -extras%"
> [nomerge      ] kde-base/kdm-4.3.1-r2
> [nomerge      ]  x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.3
> [nomerge      ]   x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.3
> [ebuild     U ]    dev-db/mysql-5.0.84-r1 [5.0.70-r1] USE="-community%
> -profiling%"
> [blocks B     ] sys-fs/device-mapper ("sys-fs/device-mapper" is
> blocking sys-fs/udev-146-r1)
>
>  * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
>  * installed at the same time on the same system.
>
>   ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-fs/udev-146-r1', 'merge') pulled in by
>     >=sys-fs/udev-117 required by ('ebuild', '/',
> 'sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2', 'merge')
>     sys-fs/udev required by ('installed', '/',
> 'sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r8', 'nomerge')
>     >=sys-fs/udev-124 required by ('installed', '/',
> 'sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2', 'nomerge')
>     (and 2 more)
>
>   ('installed', '/', 'sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.24-r1', 'nomerge') pulled in by
>     >=sys-fs/device-mapper-1.00.07-r1 required by ('installed', '/',
> 'sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2', 'nomerge')
>
>
> Have you an idea about how to solve this?
> Should I unmask a new version of 'device-mapper'?
>
> My package.keywords and package.unmask are empty.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Massimiliano
>
>
>   

I am running into the same thing.  I'm updating everything else then
going to tackle this.  In theory, you have to unmerge device-mapper then
let it update.  Something like:

emerge -C device-mapper && emerge -uvDN world

That's my plan at least.  Unless someone else posts a better one.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[Alex Schuster]

Dale writes:

> I am running into the same thing.  I'm updating everything else then
> going to tackle this.  In theory, you have to unmerge device-mapper
>  then let it update.  Something like:
> 
> emerge -C device-mapper && emerge -uvDN world
> 
> That's my plan at least.  Unless someone else posts a better one.

I just unmerged device-mapper and updated lvm2 right after that. So in 
case of a crash or something during a longer world update I still have an 
intact system. I'm not sure if it would boot with the old lvm2 and without 
device-mapper, probably yes, but I did not want to take any risk.

Um, shouldn't the new portage have dealt auto-magically with this blocker?

	Wonko

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[Dale]

Alex Schuster wrote:
> Dale writes:
>
>   
>> I am running into the same thing.  I'm updating everything else then
>> going to tackle this.  In theory, you have to unmerge device-mapper
>>  then let it update.  Something like:
>>
>> emerge -C device-mapper && emerge -uvDN world
>>
>> That's my plan at least.  Unless someone else posts a better one.
>>     
>
> I just unmerged device-mapper and updated lvm2 right after that. So in 
> case of a crash or something during a longer world update I still have an 
> intact system. I'm not sure if it would boot with the old lvm2 and without 
> device-mapper, probably yes, but I did not want to take any risk.
>
> Um, shouldn't the new portage have dealt auto-magically with this blocker?
>
> 	Wonko
>   

Here's something more interesting, I don't need or use lvm.  I was
trying to track it down with equery but I was getting drunk going in
circles.

I also assume that is why portage can't figure out a way to handle
this.  It got drunk too.  After a while a drunk just falls down.  lol

Thought about using the -et options with emerge to figure this out. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[Alex Schuster]

Dale writes:

> Alex Schuster wrote:

> > I just unmerged device-mapper and updated lvm2 right after that. So
> > in case of a crash or something during a longer world update I still
> > have an intact system. I'm not sure if it would boot with the old
> > lvm2 and without device-mapper, probably yes, but I did not want to
> > take any risk.
> >
> > Um, shouldn't the new portage have dealt auto-magically with this
> > blocker?

> Here's something more interesting, I don't need or use lvm.

You do, when you need the device-mapper features. They have been moved 
into the lvm2 package.

> I was
> trying to track it down with equery but I was getting drunk going in
> circles.
> 
> I also assume that is why portage can't figure out a way to handle
> this.  It got drunk too.  After a while a drunk just falls down.  lol
> 
> Thought about using the -et options with emerge to figure this out.

I'd just try to emerge lvm2 and see what happens. It's not a big package. 
Man, I use LVM on all of my systems, I really like it.

	Wonko

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[Dale]

Alex Schuster wrote:
> Dale writes:
>
>   
>> Alex Schuster wrote:
>>     
>
>   
>>> I just unmerged device-mapper and updated lvm2 right after that. So
>>> in case of a crash or something during a longer world update I still
>>> have an intact system. I'm not sure if it would boot with the old
>>> lvm2 and without device-mapper, probably yes, but I did not want to
>>> take any risk.
>>>
>>> Um, shouldn't the new portage have dealt auto-magically with this
>>> blocker?
>>>       
>
>   
>> Here's something more interesting, I don't need or use lvm.
>>     
>
> You do, when you need the device-mapper features. They have been moved 
> into the lvm2 package.
>
>   
>> I was
>> trying to track it down with equery but I was getting drunk going in
>> circles.
>>
>> I also assume that is why portage can't figure out a way to handle
>> this.  It got drunk too.  After a while a drunk just falls down.  lol
>>
>> Thought about using the -et options with emerge to figure this out.
>>     
>
> I'd just try to emerge lvm2 and see what happens. It's not a big package. 
> Man, I use LVM on all of my systems, I really like it.
>
> 	Wonko
>
>   

I'm not even sure I need device-mapper.  I may just uninstall all the
stuff and reboot.  I can always chroot in and fix it.  If it runs fine
then I can see what pulled it in and if I can get rid of that as well. 

It's a thought.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[Alan McKinnon]

On Tuesday 10 November 2009 20:14:33 Dale wrote:
> > I'd just try to emerge lvm2 and see what happens. It's not a big
> > package.  Man, I use LVM on all of my systems, I really like it.
> >
> >       Wonko
> >
> >   
> 
> I'm not even sure I need device-mapper.  I may just uninstall all the
> stuff and reboot.  I can always chroot in and fix it.  If it runs fine
> then I can see what pulled it in and if I can get rid of that as well. 
> 

You likely don;t need it then. device-mapper is only used by lvm and software-
raid type packages. If you use those, you will know about it

-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:39:24 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:

> You likely don;t need it then. device-mapper is only used by lvm and
> software- raid type packages. If you use those, you will know about it

It's also used by cryptsetup.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Top Oxymorons Number 41: Good grief

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Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[Dale]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:39:24 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
>   
>> You likely don;t need it then. device-mapper is only used by lvm and
>> software- raid type packages. If you use those, you will know about it
>>     
>
> It's also used by cryptsetup.
>
>
>   

Yup, I'm not sure if I am using that or not.  I don't think so but I
don't want to remove it without making sure.  Be my luck it will blow up
or something. lol  This is what equery returns tho:

sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 (kernel_linux & crypt? >=sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5)
sys-apps/pmount-0.9.20 (crypt? >=sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5)

Don't get me started on hal.  Is this a USE flag thing?  I need to check
on this more.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[Joshua Murphy]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Neil Bothwick wrote:
>> On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:39:24 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>
>>
>>> You likely don;t need it then. device-mapper is only used by lvm and
>>> software- raid type packages. If you use those, you will know about it
>>>
>>
>> It's also used by cryptsetup.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Yup, I'm not sure if I am using that or not.  I don't think so but I
> don't want to remove it without making sure.  Be my luck it will blow up
> or something. lol  This is what equery returns tho:
>
> sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 (kernel_linux & crypt? >=sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5)
> sys-apps/pmount-0.9.20 (crypt? >=sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5)
>
> Don't get me started on hal.  Is this a USE flag thing?  I need to check
> on this more.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)

Well, if you're not using encrypted partitions, you're not using
cryptsetup. Hal's (and by the looks of it, pmount's) use of the crypt
use flag pulls in cryptsetup, and in turn, all its dependencies. If
you're not using cryptsetup, just put sys-apps/hal -crypt into your
package.use list, and if you use pmount as well, the equivalent for
it. That should drop any dependency on cryptsetup, and if cryptsetup's
the only thing pulling in lvm2 (and previously device-mapper), that'll
no longer be depended on either.

-- 
Poison [BLX]
Joshua M. Murphy

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[Dale]

Joshua Murphy wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>     
>>> On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:39:24 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> You likely don;t need it then. device-mapper is only used by lvm and
>>>> software- raid type packages. If you use those, you will know about it
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> It's also used by cryptsetup.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Yup, I'm not sure if I am using that or not.  I don't think so but I
>> don't want to remove it without making sure.  Be my luck it will blow up
>> or something. lol  This is what equery returns tho:
>>
>> sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 (kernel_linux & crypt? >=sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5)
>> sys-apps/pmount-0.9.20 (crypt? >=sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5)
>>
>> Don't get me started on hal.  Is this a USE flag thing?  I need to check
>> on this more.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
>>     
>
> Well, if you're not using encrypted partitions, you're not using
> cryptsetup. Hal's (and by the looks of it, pmount's) use of the crypt
> use flag pulls in cryptsetup, and in turn, all its dependencies. If
> you're not using cryptsetup, just put sys-apps/hal -crypt into your
> package.use list, and if you use pmount as well, the equivalent for
> it. That should drop any dependency on cryptsetup, and if cryptsetup's
> the only thing pulling in lvm2 (and previously device-mapper), that'll
> no longer be depended on either.
>
>   

I guess the USE flag was in the profile or something so I disabled it in
make.conf.  Since I am also trying to get KDE 4 to work, I also switched
from sqlite to mysql while I was at it.  It seems sqlite is not exactly
what KDE 4 needs. 

Thanks much.

Dale

:-) :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[John H. Moe]

Dale wrote:
> Neil Bothwick wrote:
>   
>> On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:39:24 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> You likely don;t need it then. device-mapper is only used by lvm and
>>> software- raid type packages. If you use those, you will know about it
>>>     
>>>       
>> It's also used by cryptsetup.
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> Yup, I'm not sure if I am using that or not.  I don't think so but I
> don't want to remove it without making sure.  Be my luck it will blow up
> or something. lol  This is what equery returns tho:
>
> sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 (kernel_linux & crypt? >=sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5)
> sys-apps/pmount-0.9.20 (crypt? >=sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5)
>
> Don't get me started on hal.  Is this a USE flag thing?  I need to check
> on this more.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-) 
>
>   
That's pretty much what I ended up doing: emerge --unmerge device-mapper
&& emerge -aDNuv world.  Get rid of it, and let Portage tell me if I
need it or not.  :-)  Seems to be working still...

John Moe

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with update world

[Alan McKinnon]

On Tuesday 10 November 2009 17:30:32 Dale wrote:
> Alex Schuster wrote:
> > Dale writes:
> >> I am running into the same thing.  I'm updating everything else then
> >> going to tackle this.  In theory, you have to unmerge device-mapper
> >>  then let it update.  Something like:
> >>
> >> emerge -C device-mapper && emerge -uvDN world
> >>
> >> That's my plan at least.  Unless someone else posts a better one.
> >
> > I just unmerged device-mapper and updated lvm2 right after that. So in
> > case of a crash or something during a longer world update I still have an
> > intact system. I'm not sure if it would boot with the old lvm2 and
> > without device-mapper, probably yes, but I did not want to take any risk.
> >
> > Um, shouldn't the new portage have dealt auto-magically with this
> > blocker?
> >
> > 	Wonko
> 
> Here's something more interesting, I don't need or use lvm.  I was
> trying to track it down with equery but I was getting drunk going in
> circles.
> 
> I also assume that is why portage can't figure out a way to handle
> this.  It got drunk too.  After a while a drunk just falls down.  lol
> 
> Thought about using the -et options with emerge to figure this out.

The bits of device-mapper you use are now in lvm2, not in a separate package 
anymore. You don't have to use lvm2 just because you merged it, it simply 
contains some tools you use. It's a case of the ebuild package being larger 
than you strictly need.


-- 
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