Re: [gentoo-user] net-wireless/blueman-2.1_alpha2 blocked by net-wireless/gnome-bluetooth - is it necessary?

[Alexey Eschenko <skobkin-ru@ya.ru>]

Except that fact that I didn't unmasked it.
> # fgrep -rni blueman /etc/portage
> /etc/portage/package.use/blueman:1:#net-wireless/blueman
But I understand other possible reasons.

On 12/08/2017 07:37 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 08/12/2017 15:22, Alexey Eschenko wrote:
>> It can be the issue. But older version (2.0.4) which is currently
>> installed works fine and has no conflicts.
>>
>> It's quite strange.
>>
>>
>> On 12/08/2017 03:39 PM, Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov wrote:
>>>> Is it really necessary to block one package when another installed?
>>> Most of the time, the reason to make packages to block each other is
>>> collisions (if they they contain files (like binaries or libraries)
>>> with same
>>> install paths).
>>>
>>> Although, I can't guarantee that it was the case here.
>>>
>>> I've noticed that Gnome Team makes some decisions, that doesn't looks
>>> logical
>>> for a few times already.
>>>
>
> It's not at all strange; it's quite ordinary actually.
>
> Keeping in mind that I do not use these packages, or gnome, look at the
> available blueman packages:
>
> # eix net-wireless/blueman
> * net-wireless/blueman
>       Available versions:  (~)2.0.3 (~)2.0.4 [M](~)2.1_alpha1 **9999
> {appindicator network nls policykit pulseaudio thunar
> PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 python3_4 python3_5 python3_6"
> PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4 python3_5 python3_6"}
>
> 2.1 is still in an alpha state, and it is p.masked:
>
> /var/portage/profiles/package.mask:
> # Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (26 Jan 2017)
> # Pre-release, masked for testing. Major changes since 2.0.4,
> # including dropped support for BlueZ 4.
>
> It is not unreasonable to conclude that blueman-2.1 intends to add
> features that conflict with gnome-bluetooth and they can't co-exist. As
> Vadim said, file collisions are often the underlying cause.
>
> You unmasked an alpha package, clearly tagged as "for testing". Nothing
> add abut the result you got at all.
>
>
>

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Kind regards,
Alexey Eschenko
https://skobk.in/