[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Blocked pakages.

[Dan Scott]

On 25/09/2007, Dan Scott <denials at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25/09/2007, Noel Goodman <goldenchild_gt at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 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:
> > _________________________________________________
> > 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
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Then I decided to see what the bloackage was:
> >  _____________________________________________________
> > 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)
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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
> >
>
> Ah, this is a standard problem to encounter when you're updating from
> 2007.0 to a recently synced repository. I think this would affect
> anyone doing an emerge --deep --update world, actually.
>
> Remove the aspell package, install the aspell-en package, and you'll be fine.
>
> I'll add a note that you might run into this problem, and how to work
> around it, in the wiki. Thanks!
>
> --
> Dan Scott
> Laurentian University
>

Err, uh, remove the _aspell-en_ package, then install the new
aspell-en package, and you'll be fine. Like so:

# emerge --unmerge aspell-en
# emerge aspell-en

Kind of a silly dance, but it's Gentoo - it happens :)

-- 
Dan Scott
Laurentian University