emerge -uD world Sabayon

a7med76 · 11-27-2007, 09:00 AM

hi all,
i don't know if this is the right place to post this thread?? but any way...

i just have installed Sabayon into my computer and i guess it's time emerge world; but i could not solve the bocked packages issues.

the question is: should i just package.mask the newer packages that cause the blocking issue?

or are there better solution..

thanks

quantumsummers · 11-27-2007, 10:22 AM

In general, I unmerge the blockers, which are later emerged during the update. It would be helpful if you could post the blocked packages though. Run: emerge -vauD world & post the blocking package output from that. Whatever you do, DO NOT EVER unmerge portage or python.

So in short:
0 ALWAYS use emerge -vauD world not emerge -uD world (man emerge)
1 Post the blocked packages here for us to look at.
2 Check the sabayon forums for similar reports.
3 Check forums.gentoo.org for similar reports.
4 Feeling lucky? Just unmerge the blockers (emerge -aC <packages>) and emerge -vauD world after that, just remember to keep the names of what you unmerged around in case they don't get pulled in with the update.

Good Luck,

QuantumSummers

a7med76 · 11-27-2007, 04:03 PM

thanks for your reply. your post is a real help.
right now i am emerge -e system after some struggles with blocked issue, i managed to mask packages that caused blocking but did not remove any packages just to be in a safe side; i hope.

i will follow you instruction when -e system is finished. but another question: which is preferable, emerge unmerge <packagename> or emerge -C <packagename>.

regards

a7med76 · 12-01-2007, 04:35 PM

Hi,
these are the packages blocked. i am afraid some of them are critical to the system.

Code:

ebuild     U ] app-misc/hal-info-20071011 [20070618] 146 kB [0]
[ebuild     U ] media-libs/openexr-1.6.1 [1.4.0a] USE="-doc -examples (-opengl%)" VIDEO_CARDS="(-nvidia%)" 13,314 kB [0]
[ebuild  N    ] media-libs/ilmbase-1.0.1  453 kB [0]
[blocks B     ] <sys-fs/udev-115-r1 (is blocking sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.22-r5)
[blocks B     ] net-dns/avahi (is blocking net-misc/mDNSResponder-107.6-r5)
[blocks B     ] kde-misc/kdnssd-avahi (is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.8-r1)
[blocks B     ] x11-misc/xkbdata (is blocking x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-1.1)
[blocks B     ] >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.13_pre (is blocking sys-process/schedutils-1.5.0)
[blocks B     ] media-plugins/libao-pulse (is blocking media-libs/libao-0.8.8)
[blocks B     ] <media-libs/openexr-1.5.0 (is blocking media-libs/ilmbase-1.0.1)
[blocks B     ] dev-util/portatosourceview (is blocking app-portage/portato-0.8.6.2)
[blocks B     ] <sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.19-r1 (is blocking sys-fs/udev-117)
[blocks B     ] x11-misc/xkeyboard-config (is blocking x11-misc/xkbdata-1.0.1)
[blocks B     ] net-misc/mDNSResponder (is blocking net-dns/avahi-0.6.18, net-dns/avahi-0.6.21)
[blocks B     ] <sys-apps/baselayout-2.0.0_rc (is blocking sys-apps/makedev-3.23.1)
[blocks B     ] sys-process/schedutils (is blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.13-r2)
[blocks B     ] app-crypt/libgssapi (is blocking net-libs/libgssglue-0.1)

Total: 838 packages (528 upgrades, 3 downgrades, 220 new, 6 in new slots, 81 reinstalls, 14 blocks), Size of downloads: 1,202,119 kB
Portage tree and overlays:
 [0] /usr/portage
 [1] /usr/portage/local/layman/sabayon

!!! Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be installed
!!!        at the same time on the same system.

For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked