From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LvWhb-0003Zv-M1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:04:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 21BFEE081C; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:04:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vms173009pub.verizon.net (vms173009pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.9]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05A80E081C for ; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:04:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.20] ([96.233.148.239]) by vms173009.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0KIC00HFBN05SOVP@vms173009.mailsrvcs.net> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:04:53 -0500 (CDT) Message-id: <49EB2175.8050806@uri.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:04:53 -0400 From: "John P. Burkett" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090329) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Failed to install x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 References: <49EAA621.1000203@uri.edu> <200904191432.24147.wonko@wonkology.org> In-reply-to: <200904191432.24147.wonko@wonkology.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 69273df3-b823-4fb4-83da-ced8311699d6 X-Archives-Hash: 29e55efd1534b103e5181622e8f57737 Alex Schuster wrote: > John P. Burkett writes: > >> Doing "PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage emerge -D -uav world" on my amd64 >> machine elicits a response that ends as follows: > [...] >> * Detected file collision(s): >> * >> * /usr/lib64/opengl/ati/extensions/libglx.so >> * >> * Searching all installed packages for file collisions... >> * >> * Press Ctrl-C to Stop >> * >> * x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 >> * /usr/lib64/opengl/ati/extensions/libglx.so >> * >> * Package 'x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2' NOT merged due to file >> * collisions. If necessary, refer to your elog messages for the whole >> * content of the above message. > [...] >> Suggestions for how to successfully "emerge -D -uav world" would be >> much appreciated. > > FEATURES="-collision-protect keepwork" =x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 > > -collision-protect installs the conflicting file even if a collision is > reported. This is more a workaround than a real solution, as the next > install of xorg-server will probably bring a collision again. Eventually, > either the xorg or the ati-drivers ebuild will be changed. > > keepwork just avoids re-compiling the driver to save you some time. > > There is already bug report (http://bugs.gentoo.org/247685), with more > information on how to solve this. > > Wonko > Thanks, Alex. I finally got through the emerge. I'll keep your note handy for use next time the collision is reported. Best regards, John