look this.... http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-713051.html?sid=e44c9527cf38ebd470151d1452478d82 On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Stroller wrote: > > On 9 Nov 2008, at 04:09, John covici wrote: > > In my latest update I have received the following message: >> !!! Multiple versions within a single package slot have been pulled >> !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: >> >> media-libs/win32codecs:0 >> >> ('installed', '/', 'media-libs/win32codecs-20071007-r4', 'nomerge') >> pulled in by >> ('installed', '/', 'media-libs/realcodecs-11.0.1.1056', 'nomerge') >> @world >> >> ('ebuild', '/', 'media-libs/win32codecs-20071007-r4', 'merge') >> pulled in by >> ('ebuild', '/', 'media-video/vlc-0.9.6', 'merge') >> ('ebuild', '/', 'media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc2_p27725-r1', 'merge') >> @world >> >> >> ... >> Are they doing some kind of strange reorg or what? HOw can I fix >> this? >> > > I believe so: > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-713051.html > > I'm guessing that it's this that's causing the problems you describe above. > You mentioned package unmasking, and this is recommended in the referenced > forums post for those that require Real, but you might just try unmerging > win32codecs & realcodecs & trying your update again. > > I discovered this reorganisation because updating my system showed mplayer > updating with the real USE flag being forcibly disabled, i.e.: > [ebuild U ] media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc2_p27725-r1 [1.0_rc2_p26753-r1] > USE="... -radio (-real*) -rtc ... " 0 kB > Someone on #gentoo was able to help because they'd experienced the issue > this morning. > > It's not clear to me from this post whether Realplayer & these codecs are > actually needed by mplayer in order to play .rm & .ram playlists & audio > files. One would assume so, except for beandog's statement "Chances are, you > don't need them anyway. The codecs are hardly used anymore, and most people > will be fine without them." > > I have been thinking recently to record Pete Tong & the other Friday / > Saturday night Radio 1 DJs using cron & mplayer, so I can burn their shows > to CD-R & listen to them in the car during the week. As a consequence later > tonight I will be testing mplayer's ability to handle > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/realaudio/media/r1live.ram without these > packages installed. > > Stroller. > > -- Only freebsd openbsd gentoo-linux windows2008