Re: [gentoo-user] colord failed to upgrade

["J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>]

On 1 August 2014 19:14:08 CEST, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 01/08/2014 10:07, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>> On Friday, August 01, 2014 07:11:59 AM Gevisz wrote:
>> 
>>> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:17:54 +0200
>> 
>>>
>> 
>>> "J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> > On 31 July 2014 16:19:21 CEST, Gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> > >On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:03:09 -0400
>> 
>>> > >
>> 
>>> > >Alec Ten Harmsel <alec@alectenharmsel.com> wrote:
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>>> > >> I can't comment on a long-term, real, proper solution, but for
>> 
>>> > >> right now
>> 
>>> > >>
>> 
>>> > >> emerge --oneshot dev-perl/XML-Parser
>> 
>>> > >>
>> 
>>> > >> should at least allow you to continue building colord.
>> 
>>> > >
>> 
>>> > >It seems that it helped, but not the suggestions from
>> 
>>> > >
>> 
>>> > > # perl-cleaner --all
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>>> > >
>> 
>>> > >output.
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>>> > >
>> 
>>> > >Thank you.
>> 
>>> >
>> 
>>> > Did you run the commands and then rerun perlcleaner as the output
>> 
>>> > mentions at the end of the text?
>> 
>>>
>> 
>>> No. I did not run perl-cleaner just after those 2 suggested commands
>> 
>>> because I had not noted that demand. So, my complaint that the
>> 
>>> suggested "long-term" solution does not work may be incorrect.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> The claim is incorrect. I did what it said in the output and it
>resolved
>> the issue on my systems.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>> However, I run perl-cleaner after
>> 
>>>
>> 
>>> # emerge --oneshot dev-perl/XML-Parser
>> 
>>> # emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=60
>--ask
>> world
>> 
>>> # emerge --depclean --ask
>> 
>>>
>> 
>>> So, I hope that the problem was fixed.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> It should be resolved now.
>> 
>> I don't add the "--backtrack" part.
>> 
>> It hasn't been needed for me ever since I started using Gentoo
>sometime
>> in 2004. (Not sure when it got introduced?)
>
>
>
>s/(Not sure when it got introduced)/$1 or even what it is for?/g
>
>There ya go, fixed that for ya.
>
>This appears to hold true for every Gentoo'er in the universe except
><10
>people in the magic $I_GROK_PORTAGE group.
>
>I myself am not in that group.

I've followed a few recent discussions in the gentoo-dev list where the backtrack option got sorta explained.

To me it sounds like a classical compromise between being quick or being thorough. With the choice being the same as when writing AI for a chess program.

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Joost
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