[gentoo-user] Re: blockage

[Jonathan Callen <jcallen@gentoo.org>]

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On 2015-03-22 09:04, lee wrote:
> Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 7:31 AM, Alan McKinnon
>> <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> It looks to me like sysvinit-2.88-r7 was stabilized and the
>>> maintainer of apcupsd didn't notice. From the ebuild for
>>> apcupsd-3.14.8-r2:
>>> 
>>> DEPEND=" ||      ( >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.23[tty-helpers] 
>>> <=sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r4 sys-freebsd/freebsd-ubin )
>>> 
>>> What I suggest is copy that ebuild to your local overlay and
>>> update the DEPEND to <=sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r7 and redigest
>>> 
>>> If that gives a correct update path for world, then file a bug
>>> against apcupsd.
>> 
>> Some commands were moved from sysvinit to util-linux, and these 
>> commands are required by apcupsd and are included in util-linux
>> if it's compiled with the "tty-helpers" use flag.
> 
> Is this somehow reflected in the dependencies?  And how could I
> deal with the multiple versions of util-linux that seem to be
> required?
> 
> Perhaps I should forcefully update util-linux and use tty-helpers
> so that apcupsd still works in case I reboot.  But what other
> problems might that cause?
> 
> 
> What am I supposed to think?  Should we not update unless no
> problems are listed and just wait in case there are some,
> potentially having to wait indefinitely?  How about security
> updates then?
> 
> 

It is reflected in the dependencies by the fact that the first dep
(and generally the one chosen by portage) requires a new-enough
version of util-linux *with the "tty-helpers" USE flag enabled*.  You
don't need multiple versions of anything installed.  If you just add
"sys-apps/util-linux tty-helpers" to your /etc/portage/package.use
file and try again, you will likely find that portage will update
everything for you without any further issues.

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Jonathan Callen
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