From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kz2Qz-0005If-47 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:02:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 986FAE028A; Sun, 9 Nov 2008 05:02:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FF6AE028A for ; Sun, 9 Nov 2008 05:02:00 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,568,1220223600"; d="scan'208";a="45890526" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 09 Nov 2008 05:01:57 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.71] (unknown [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FAE21334EF; Sun, 9 Nov 2008 05:01:56 +0000 (GMT) Cc: John covici Message-Id: <244A2EC0-AE4E-4B37-8E91-8595BF26A227@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <18710.25193.638469.809440@ccs.covici.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Subject: [gentoo-user] win32codecs / realcodecs / amd64codecs (and the -real USE flag) was: Re: How do I fix multiple versions for the same package slot have been pulled Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 05:01:52 +0000 References: <18710.25193.638469.809440@ccs.covici.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) X-Archives-Salt: 0e47e5ad-6af2-4cf4-a0ad-91649d59b991 X-Archives-Hash: e37bcd9c63beed2ef93685bfe07fc473 On 9 Nov 2008, at 04:09, John covici wrote: > In my latest update I have received the following message: > !!! Multiple versions within a single package slot have been pulled > !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: > > media-libs/win32codecs:0 > > ('installed', '/', 'media-libs/win32codecs-20071007-r4', 'nomerge') > pulled in by > ('installed', '/', 'media-libs/realcodecs-11.0.1.1056', 'nomerge') > @world > > ('ebuild', '/', 'media-libs/win32codecs-20071007-r4', 'merge') > pulled in by > ('ebuild', '/', 'media-video/vlc-0.9.6', 'merge') > ('ebuild', '/', 'media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc2_p27725-r1', 'merge') > @world > > > ... > Are they doing some kind of strange reorg or what? HOw can I fix > this? I believe so: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-713051.html I'm guessing that it's this that's causing the problems you describe above. You mentioned package unmasking, and this is recommended in the referenced forums post for those that require Real, but you might just try unmerging win32codecs & realcodecs & trying your update again. I discovered this reorganisation because updating my system showed mplayer updating with the real USE flag being forcibly disabled, i.e.: [ebuild U ] media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc2_p27725-r1 [1.0_rc2_p26753- r1] USE="... -radio (-real*) -rtc ... " 0 kB Someone on #gentoo was able to help because they'd experienced the issue this morning. It's not clear to me from this post whether Realplayer & these codecs are actually needed by mplayer in order to play .rm & .ram playlists & audio files. One would assume so, except for beandog's statement "Chances are, you don't need them anyway. The codecs are hardly used anymore, and most people will be fine without them." I have been thinking recently to record Pete Tong & the other Friday / Saturday night Radio 1 DJs using cron & mplayer, so I can burn their shows to CD-R & listen to them in the car during the week. As a consequence later tonight I will be testing mplayer's ability to handle http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/realaudio/media/r1live.ram without these packages installed. Stroller.