[gentoo-user] Problem updating modutils

[gentoo-user] Problem updating modutils

[Tanstaafl]

Hello all,

Confused...

emerge -pvuDN world shows (among a few others):

[ebuild  N     ] virtual/modutils-0  0 kB

No warnings about blockers or anything are evident.

However, when I do emerge -pvuDN modutils (instead of 'world), I get the 
following warning about blockers:

myhost : Sun Feb 05, 11:12:24 : ~
  # emerge -pvuDN modutils

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N     ] sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1  0 kB
[uninstall     ] sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.16-r1  USE="-static"
[blocks b      ] sys-apps/modutils ("sys-apps/modutils" is blocking 
sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.16-r1)
[blocks b      ] sys-apps/module-init-tools 
("sys-apps/module-init-tools" is blocking sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1)

Total: 1 package (1 new, 1 uninstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
Conflict: 2 blocks
myhost : Sun Feb 05, 11:20:15 : ~

Then, when I try to perform the update, it fails with:

  * Package 'sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1' NOT merged due to file
  * collisions. If necessary, refer to your elog messages for the whole
  * content of the above message.

 >>> Failed to install sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1, Log file:

 >>>  '/var/log/portage/sys-apps:modutils-2.4.27-r1:20120205-161149.log'

  * GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
myhost : Sun Feb 05, 11:12:24 : ~

I hate guessing about things like this, but I'm 'guessing' that all I 
need to do is:

emerge -C sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.16-r1
then
emerge -vuDN modutils

?

Thanks,

Charles

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem updating modutils

[Felix Kuperjans]

Answers inline.

Am 05.02.2012 17:32, schrieb Tanstaafl:
> Hello all,
Hello,
>
> Confused...
>
> emerge -pvuDN world shows (among a few others):
>
> [ebuild  N     ] virtual/modutils-0  0 kB
>
> No warnings about blockers or anything are evident.
That is correct.
>
> However, when I do emerge -pvuDN modutils (instead of 'world), I get
> the following warning about blockers:
>
> myhost : Sun Feb 05, 11:12:24 : ~
>  # emerge -pvuDN modutils
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild  N     ] sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1  0 kB
Look at this: you are emerging sys-apps/modutils, not virtual/modutils
which *is* different (though such name clashes are quite bad).
> [uninstall     ] sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.16-r1  USE="-static"
> [blocks b      ] sys-apps/modutils ("sys-apps/modutils" is blocking
> sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.16-r1)
> [blocks b      ] sys-apps/module-init-tools
> ("sys-apps/module-init-tools" is blocking sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1)
>
> Total: 1 package (1 new, 1 uninstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
> Conflict: 2 blocks
> myhost : Sun Feb 05, 11:20:15 : ~
>
> Then, when I try to perform the update, it fails with:
>
>  * Package 'sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1' NOT merged due to file
>  * collisions. If necessary, refer to your elog messages for the whole
>  * content of the above message.
>
> >>> Failed to install sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1, Log file:
>
> >>>  '/var/log/portage/sys-apps:modutils-2.4.27-r1:20120205-161149.log'
>
>  * GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
> myhost : Sun Feb 05, 11:12:24 : ~
>
> I hate guessing about things like this, but I'm 'guessing' that all I
> need to do is:
>
> emerge -C sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.16-r1
> then
> emerge -vuDN modutils
No, just update world as always, there should be no problem (not on any
of my machines, no blockers etc.).
>
> ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles
Regards,
Felix

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem updating modutils

[Tanstaafl]

On 2012-02-05 11:40 AM, Felix Kuperjans <felix@desaster-games.com> wrote:
>> Calculating dependencies... done!
>> [ebuild  N     ] sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27-r1  0 kB

> Look at this: you are emerging sys-apps/modutils, not virtual/modutils
> which *is* different (though such name clashes are quite bad).

Oh, crud, I guess I'm blind... thanks Felix for the gentle clue-stick... ;)