[gentoo-user] Re: package dependencies

[Mick <michaelkintzios@lycos.co.uk>]

Daniel da Veiga wrote:

> On 2/16/06, Nick Smith <nick.smith79@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2/16/06, Ghaith Hachem <blacksadness@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > usualy portatge tells you what is blocking what
>> > anyway try emerge -av it will give you an idea of what you need
>> >
>> right, but i want to know that the package im going to remove because
>> its blocking something else isnt needed by another package on my
>> system that has nothing to do with the package im trying to emerge.
>> can that be done?  am i making any sense?

Usually unmerging the blocker and re-emerging later on fixes it.  Sometimes
there may be a cyclical blocking scenario whereby the two packages (or
their dependencies) are categorically incompatible.  I don't believe
there's an easy solution for such a predicament.  In your case I would try
to unmerge the blocker, emerge what you want, re-emerge the original
blocker.  If portage let's you do it then that's that.  :)
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Regards,
Mick

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