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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] complex depencies - how to cut the Gordian knot?
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On 10 Jul 2009, at 11:44, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> ...
> emerge --keep-going -j2 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep @system  
> @world
> gives a lot of blockings which I don't quite understand (and there are
> so many) - see below.
> ...
>
> [blocks B     ] <x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.2 ("<x11-libs/qt- 
> xmlpatterns-4.5.2" is blocking x11-libs/qt-assistant-4.5.2, x11-libs/ 
> qt-opengl-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.2,  
> x11-libs/qt-test-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-svg-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.2- 
> r1, x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.2, x11-libs/ 
> qt-core-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2)
> [blocks B     ] >x11-libs/qt-test-4.5.1-r9999 (">x11-libs/qt- 
> test-4.5.1-r9999" is blocking x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.1)
> [blocks B     ] >x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.1-r9999 (">x11-libs/qt- 
> script-4.5.1-r9999" is blocking x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.1)
> [blocks B     ] >x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.1-r9999 (">x11-libs/qt- 
> sql-4.5.1-r9999" is blocking x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.1)
> ...

All these version -4.5.1-r9999 packages look very suspicious to me.  
Honestly, I'd uninstall all the the blocking packages, `emerge -upv  
world` and let suitable versions be pulled in as dependencies.

Stroller.