[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Blocked pakages.

Tue Sep 25 11:30:32 EDT 2007

Hey guys,
The gentoo is a fresh install from the LiveCd 2007.0

I've been following the wiki sequentially so far and I'm at the point where I have the install the perl modules.
The following step is where the error occurs:
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localhost ~ # emerge aspell-en
Calculating dependencies... done!

!!! Error: the =app-dicts/aspell-en-0.5* package conflicts with another package;
!!!        the two packages cannot be installed on the same system together.
!!!        Please use 'emerge --pretend' to determine blockers.

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
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Then I decided to see what the bloackage was:
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localhost ~ # emerge --pretend aspell-en

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild     U ] app-dicts/aspell-en-6.0.0 [0.51.1] 
[ebuild     U ] app-text/aspell-0.60.5 [0.50.5-r4] USE="nls%* -examples%" 
[blocks B     ] =app-dicts/aspell-en-0.5* (is blocking app-text/aspell-0.60.5)
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Do I need to handle this problem now or can I skip it for the time being? If I can continue my installation, can I randomly install the remaining components or does it have to be done sequentially? Are spidermonkey and opensrf dependent on the perl modules ?

Thanks.
Noel

Don McMorris <dmcmorris at esilibrary.com> wrote: Seems to me that this would all depend on the packages. For example, a 
different version of Syslog shouldn't cause a problem, whereas a 
conflict with a perl module would.  What packages are being blocked?

--Don

Noel Goodman wrote:
> Hey all,
> I'm presently following the installing preq. on gentoo for evergreen 
> guide.
> I've encountered blocked packages. when emerging some of the software.
>
> Gentoo documentation suggests how to handle blocked packeages, such as 
> uninstalling one of the packages. I don't want to uninstall anything 
> as yet because I don't know what effect some of those packages have on 
> the entire system function.
>
> How severe would the effect be if I left the conflict with the two 
> packages involved and continued my installation?
> Do I need to  carry out the installations step by step as given or can 
> I randomly install components in the event I have a problem with one 
> programme? I don't want to be stalled waiting to fix one installation 
> when I can be installing other programmes.
>
> Any insights would be appreciated.
> Thanks
>
> Noel Goodman-University of Guyana
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