Re: [gentoo-user] And so the emerge spake: Let there be conflicts...and see, everything was chaos and sin...

[Meino.Cramer@gmx.de]

Daniel Frey <djqfrey@gmail.com> [15-04-26 03:12]:
> On 04/25/2015 09:07 AM, Meino.Cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > A novice asks the master Emerge:
> > "Is there Zen also in every upgrade, which will serve to Gentoo?"
> > 
> > Master Emerge moved a little bit and spoke:
> > 
> > WARNING: One or more updates/rebuilds have been skipped due to a dependency conflict:
> 
> Hah!
> 
> > 
> > x11-libs/libXfont:0
> > 
> >   (x11-libs/libXfont-1.5.1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) conflicts with
> >     <x11-libs/libXfont-1.5.0 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.4-r4:0/1.12.4::gentoo, installed)
> >     ^                  ^^^^^
> 
> Emerge is trying to install libXfont 1.5.1 but the xorg-server version
> installed requires 1.5.0.
> 
> > 
> > x11-proto/fontsproto:0
> > 
> >   (x11-proto/fontsproto-2.1.3:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) conflicts with
> >     <x11-proto/fontsproto-2.1.3 required by (x11-libs/libXfont-1.4.9:0/0::gentoo, installed)
> >     ^                     ^^^^^
> >     <x11-proto/fontsproto-2.1.3 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.4-r4:0/1.12.4::gentoo, installed)
> >     ^                     ^^^^^
> > 
> 
> It can't upgrade fontsproto because the current installed version of
> libXfont requires 2.1.3.
> 
> Looks like all these messages are thrown because of libXfont.
> 
> > The novice was buffled and did not understand a single word.
> > He tries hard to circumvent any conflict with the master but
> > finally he struggled and failed.
> 
> Looks like Master Emerge was confused by a circular dependency it could
> not resolve.
> 
> Dan
> 


Hi Dan,

Thanks for your Koan! :)

...and the novice is confused still...

I tried (after shuttong down X) to remove libXfont and fontsproto (to
install it later again) but this does not help...

How can I get out of this? 

Best regards,
Meino