Re: [gentoo-user] blocking conflicts in kde packages when updating world

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Wednesday 15 Jun 2011 10:43:42 ifj. Stefán István wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I want to make an update on my Gentoo system and get a lot of blocking
> packages.
> I use this command for upgarde:
> USE="semantic-desktop" emerge -pv --update --newuse --deep world
> 
> and the blocking packages are:
> [blocks B     ] kde-base/nepomuk:4.4 ("kde-base/nepomuk:4.4" is blocking
> kde-base/nepomuk-4.6.3)
> [blocks B     ] kde-base/khelpcenter:4.4 ("kde-base/khelpcenter:4.4" is
> blocking kde-base/khelpcenter-4.6.3)
> [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdesu:4.6[-kdeprefix]
> ("kde-base/kdesu:4.6[-kdeprefix]" is blocking kde-base/kdesu-4.4.5)
> [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdesu:4.4 ("kde-base/kdesu:4.4" is blocking
> kde-base/kdesu-4.6.3)
> [blocks B     ] sys-auth/policykit ("sys-auth/policykit" is blocking
> sys-auth/polkit-0.101-r1)
> [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdepimlibs:4.6[-kdeprefix]
> ("kde-base/kdepimlibs:4.6[-kdeprefix]" is blocking
> kde-base/kdepimlibs-4.4.5)
> [blocks B     ] kde-base/nepomuk:4.6[-kdeprefix]
> ("kde-base/nepomuk:4.6[-kdeprefix]" is blocking kde-base/nepomuk-4.4.5)
> [blocks B     ] kde-base/kcontrol:4.4 ("kde-base/kcontrol:4.4" is
> blocking kde-base/kcontrol-4.6.3, kde-base/kdelibs-4.6.3-r2)
> [blocks B     ] kde-base/khelpcenter:4.6[-kdeprefix]
> ("kde-base/khelpcenter:4.6[-kdeprefix]" is blocking
> kde-base/khelpcenter-4.4.5)
> [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdelibs:4.4 ("kde-base/kdelibs:4.4" is blocking
> kde-base/kdontchangethehostname-4.6.3, kde-base/plasma-runtime-4.6.3,
> kde-base/kdelibs-4.6.3-r2)
> [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdepimlibs:4.4 ("kde-base/kdepimlibs:4.4" is
> blocking kde-base/kdepimlibs-4.6.3)
> [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdelibs:4.6[-kdeprefix]
> ("kde-base/kdelibs:4.6[-kdeprefix]" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-4.4.5)
> [blocks B     ] kde-base/kcontrol:4.6[-kdeprefix]
> ("kde-base/kcontrol:4.6[-kdeprefix]" is blocking kde-base/kcontrol-4.4.5)
> 
> 
> Please help me to resolve this blocking conflicts.
> One solution I know is that I remove the 4.4 kde packages, but I'm
> afraid that it would result in a non-working system, so I hope there are
> other much painless solutions as well.

First run emerge -C for any package that is showing up with [blocks B     ] 
(with an upper case 'B').  Then run again emerge -pv --update --newuse --deep 
world.  It would be best to add semantic-desktop to /etc/make.conf, or future 
emerges may want to emerge different packages or dependencies.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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