Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE-4.2 and KDE-3.5

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Dmitry Makovey wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was tracking KDE-4.x for a while now while sticking to "stable"
>> KDE-3.5, which in gentoo's case is 3.5.9. Trying to get KDE-4.2
>> installed spits out a blocker:
>>
>> [blocks B     ] <=kde-base/kdebase-startkde-3.5.10
>> ("<=kde-base/kdebase-startkde-3.5.10" is blocking
>> kde-base/kdelibs-4.2.0)
>>
>> which for me means switching to *2* testing platforms (3.5.10 and
>> 4.2) when I want to test only 1 (4.2).
>>
>> Now my question is: how safe is it to do a workaround, and create
>> local version of kde-base/kdelibs-4.2.0-r1 ebuild (say, -r2) which
>> removes the block and just stick with 3.5.9 on 3.5 side ? I really
>> don't feel like unmasking 3.5.10 builds and building them too.
>>
>> another confusing thing is:
>>     !<=kde-base/kdebase-3.5.9-r4
>>     !<=kde-base/kdebase-startkde-3.5.10
>> which I read as "you're fine using kde-3.5.9 as long as you don't use
>> startkde". kind of weird.
>
> I know you didn't ask for this answer, but KDE 3.5.10 is *not* masked.
> It's in ~arch.  It should be a safe/stable update since it's a bug-fix
> release (and I assume it's the last release of the KDE3 series.)
>
>
>

KDE-3.5.10 has been on here a while and is stable for me at least.  I
haven't checked its current status since I have not synced in a while
anyway. 

OP, if you have a fairly fast machine, maybe there is some package that
just needs to be recompiled but is getting missed for some reason.  I
would try a emerge -e world and see what that does for it.  If you still
have the same problem, may need some Raid.  If not, well, it works. :-D

Dale

:-)