Removing pygobject didn't help that block for some reason.... Which doesn't
make sense.... And clutter isn't on my system.
Why would both of those packages be slotted as :2 if one isn't on my system
and I only have one instance of pygobject?
 On Dec 2, 2011 6:20 PM, "walt" <w41ter@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/01/2011 06:13 PM, Jason Weisberger wrote:
>
>>  From a fresh install, upgrading from Gnome 2.26, I'm trying to install
>> gnome 3.2.2, but getting nowhere fast.
>> I stopped using Gentoo back before slots became common, so maybe I'm
>> missing something as far as that goes.
>>
>> jbdubbspc jbdubbs # emerge -pv =gnome-base/gnome-3.2.1
>>
>> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>>
>> Calculating dependencies... done!
>> [blocks b      ] <gnome-base/gdm-2.91.94 ("<gnome-base/gdm-2.91.94" is
>> blocking gnome-base/gnome-control-**center-3.2.2)
>> [blocks B      ] <media-libs/clutter-1.7 ("<media-libs/clutter-1.7" is
>> blocking media-libs/cogl-1.8.2)
>> [blocks B      ] <dev-python/pygobject-2.28.6-**r50:2[introspection]
>> ("<dev-python/pygobject-2.28.**6-r50:2[introspection]" is blocking
>> dev-python/pygobject-3.0.2)
>>
>
> Notice that gdm is blocked with a 'b' and the other two with a 'B'.  That
> means that portage is smart enough to fix the gdm conflict, but you must
> fix the other two yourself.  I've found that the quickest fix for the 'B'
> blockers is just to remove them with emerge -C.  So far I've not had any
> problems with that approach.
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