Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5

[Dale <dalek1967@bellsouth.net>]

Mark Knecht wrote:
>
> It's almost exactly the question I Came back to ask. Thanks.
>
> I finished the python emerge and saw the message about running
> python-updater. Before doing that I tried the emerge -pvDuN
> python-updater and saw it still wanted me to remove the old python. I
> am running python-updater (the old version) now. After that's done
> it's then OK for me to emerge -C the older version of python by hand
> and proceed with the emerge -DuN python-updater operation?
>   

After the updater gets through, run this without the quotes:  "equery 
depends =dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2"  That should tell you if anything 
still depends on the old version.  If it lists something then don't 
unmerge the old version yet. 
> I am getting messages about packages now being masked, such as:
>
>  * Adding to list: =games-board/pysol-sound-server-3.01
>  * Adding to list: =dev-tcltk/snack-2.2.10
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies -
> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=dev-python/pygtk-2.12.0-r1" have
> been masked.
> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
> - dev-python/pygtk-2.12.0-r1 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
>
> For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
> refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
>
> dragonfly ~ # eix -I pygtk
> [D] dev-python/pygtk
>      Available versions:  (2)  2.10.6 2.12.0 ~2.12.0-r1 ~2.12.1 ~2.12.1-r2
> 	{X doc examples opengl}
>      Installed versions:  2.12.0-r1(2)["proaudio"
> /usr/portage/local/layman/pro-audio](19:14:20 01/01/08)(opengl -doc
> -examples)
>      Homepage:            http://www.pygtk.org/
>      Description:         GTK+2 bindings for Python
>
>
> Do I need to unmask these things by hand to make forward progress?
> (Either that or do an emerge -C to remove them and then let an emerge
> -DuN world/revdep-rebuild catch them...) It seems strange to me that
> an emerge -DuN system operation is leading me to do things that don't
> have anything to do with the system. I'm pretty sure that package is
> used for a game and just getting caught in this general python-updater
> process.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>
>   

I would let the updater run then see if anything changes.  It may be 
that some of the packages will be OK as they are.

You can unmask that in /etc/portage/package.keywords and 
/etc/portage/package.unmask.  Keep in mind that these packages are still 
be tested.  You shouldn't use them unless you know the risks. 

Dale

:-)  :-)