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:
>
> Humm. I seem to be stuck at this one. python-updater is complaining
> about vte which is used by gnome and gnome-terminal. I tried unmasking
> vte in package.keywords but I still get the same error:
>
>  * 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 "=x11-libs/vte-0.16.12" have been masked.
> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
> - x11-libs/vte-0.16.12 (masked by: )
>
> For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
> refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
>
> dragonfly ~ # equery depends vte
> [ Searching for packages depending on vte... ]
> gnome-base/gnome-2.20.3 (>=x11-libs/vte-0.16.12)
> x11-terms/gnome-terminal-2.18.4 (>=x11-libs/vte-0.15.3)
> dragonfly ~ #
>
> It seems that the developers have deleted the version on my machine
> from portage:
>
> dragonfly ~ # eix x11-libs/vte
> [U] x11-libs/vte
>      Available versions:  0.16.8 0.16.13 (~)0.16.14 {debug doc opengl python}
>      Installed versions:  0.16.12(08:52:33 02/24/08)(opengl python -debug -doc)
>      Homepage:            http://www.gnome.org/
>      Description:         Gnome terminal widget
>
> dragonfly ~ #
>
> I tried building 0.6.14 and got a sandbox violation.
>
> Ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>
>   

That may require a new thread.  I'm clueless on that one.  KDE nut here.  :/

Dale

:-)  :-)