Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge trouble with firefox and thunderbird ...

[Wols Lists <antlists@youngman.org.uk>]

On 04/03/2024 16:20, ralfconn wrote:
> Il 03/03/24 10:47, Wols Lists ha scritto:
>> I'm getting this output from
>>
>> emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world
>>
>>
>> Calculating dependencies... done!
>>  * Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to
>>  * the following required packages not being installed:
>>  *
>>  *   >=dev-libs/icu-73.1:0/73.1= pulled in by:
>>  *     www-client/firefox-115.6.0
>>  *
>>  * Have you forgotten to do a complete update prior to depclean? The
>>  * most comprehensive command for this purpose is as follows:
>>  *
>>  *   emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world
>>  *
>>  * Note that the --with-bdeps=y option is not required in many
>>  * situations. Refer to the emerge manual page (run `man emerge`)
>>  * for more information about --with-bdeps.
>>  *
>>  * Also, note that it may be necessary to manually uninstall
>>  * packages that no longer exist in the repository, since it may not
>>  * be possible to satisfy their dependencies.
>> thewolery /usr/local/bin #
>>
>> icu is at 74.2
>>
>> firefox failed to update ...
>>
>> *  www-client/firefox
>>       Latest version available: 115.8.0
>>       Latest version installed: 115.6.0
>>       Size of files: 496,244 KiB
>>       Homepage:      https://www.mozilla.com/firefox
>>       Description:   Firefox Web Browser
>>       License:       MPL-2.0 GPL-2 LGPL-2.1
>>
>> as did thunderbird ...
>>
>> *  mail-client/thunderbird
>>       Latest version available: 115.8.0
>>       Latest version installed: 115.6.0
>>       Size of files: 528,920 KiB
>>       Homepage:      https://www.thunderbird.net/
>>       Description:   Thunderbird Mail Client
>>       License:       MPL-2.0 GPL-2 LGPL-2.1
>>
>> Andy ideas? Or is the mozilla emerge stuff slightly broken on my 
>> system? I've been having trouble with those two for the last few weeks 
>> ...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Wol
>>
> Here I see:
> 
> [I] www-client/firefox
>       Available versions:
>       (esr)  115.7.0 115.8.0
>       (rapid) (~)122.0.1 (~)123.0
> 
> You have 115.6.0 installed which apparently is out of tree. That may be 
> confusing emerge. You could try to un-merge firefox, depclean and 
> re-emerge it.
> 
Hmm ... that sounds like it's been removed from the tree, then, and 
emerge can't cope with stuff disappearing. Surely that's a bug?

Anyways, I'll try and see what happens. I was thinking something of the 
sort, removing firefox that is, seeing how it goes.

I'll probably try the gcc thing first, though ... if that works, then 
it's a simpler "let it sort itself out" approach.

Cheers,
Wol