I'm trying to update a system that's been sitting idle for a while. I got the following blocks initially:
# emerge -uD world [blocks B ] <perl-core/File-Spec-0.87 (is blocking dev-lang/perl-5.8.6-r5) [blocks B ] <=x11-themes/gnome-themes-2.8.2 (is blocking x11-themes/gtk-engines-2.6.3) [blocks B ] gnome-base/gnome-core (is blocking gnome-base/gnome-desktop-2.10.0) [blocks B ] gnome-base/gnome-desktop (is blocking gnome-base/gnome-core-1.4.2-r1) so I did: # emerge unmerge x11-themes/gnome-themes gnome-base/gnome-core gnome-base/gnome-desktop Now I get: # emerge -uD world [blocks B ] gnome-base/gnome-desktop (is blocking gnome-base/gnome-core-1.4.2-r1) but neither of them is installed: # emerge unmerge gnome-base/gnome-core --- Couldn't find gnome-base/gnome-core to unmerge. >>> unmerge: No packages selected for removal. # emerge unmerge gnome-base/gnome-desktop --- Couldn't find gnome-base/gnome-desktop to unmerge. >>> unmerge: No packages selected for removal. What do I have to do to clear the block? -- Chris Bare [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] mailing list

