On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:17:50 +0200 "J. Roeleveld" <jo...@antarean.org> wrote:
> On Friday 13 August 2010 14:15:59 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Friday 13 August 2010 16:04:53 Frank Schwidom wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > i get the error: > > > > > > { > > > !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have > > > been pulled > > > !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: > > > > > > media-libs/libpng:0 > > > > > > ('ebuild', '/', 'media-libs/libpng-1.4.3', 'merge') pulled in by > > > > > > >=media-libs/libpng-1.2.43-r2:0 required by ('ebuild', '/', > > > >'x11-libs/cairo-1.8.10', 'merge') > > > >=media-libs/libpng-1.4 required by ('ebuild', '/', > > > >'x11-libs/gtk+-2.20.1-r1', 'merge') > > > > > > (and 27 more) > > > > > > } > > > > > > And i wonder that it seems not to be possible to install both libs > > > (libpng-1.2.43-r2:0, libpng-1.4) in the same time. Linux is > > > actually able to manage this by the lib-version and links. > > > > You have misread the portage output. It does not say it wants those > > versions. > > > > It says this: > > >=media-libs/libpng-1.2.43-r2:0 > > >=media-libs/libpng-1.4 > > > > Note the greater than or equal to. > > > > The limiting factor to multiple versions is not Linux, it is > > portage. Portage will not co-install two versions in the same SLOT. > > > > > Did i have overseen any gentoo switch that makes is possible? Or > > > is there any other option? > > > > This whole libpng mess was a right royal fuck up several months > > ago. I forget the specifics but IIRC a decent solution was > > > > emerge -C libpng > > emerge libpng > > revdep-rebuild > > > > The last step takes some time to complete, there is a lot of > > fall-out to deal with. > > > > As you are only hitting this now, I assume you have a stable system > > and are not using the masked versions of portage. > > @preserved-rebuild would save you lots of pain, but that feature is > > not available in stable versions of portage. > > > > For more info, check the archives. There is more mail there about > > this than you could ever possibly want to read. > > I actually hit this myself yesterday. > When emerging "libpng", it mentions a script that needs to be run. I > would suggest running that script. > > I think the following commands were the ones that led to a properly > upgraded system. It is now working for me, but it did take quite a > while. ** > emerge -vauD --newuse world > lafilefixer --justfixit > /usr/sbin/libpng-1.4.x-update.sh > emerge -vauD --newuse world > revdep-rebuild -- -va > emerge -vauD --newuse world > ** > > Alternatively, you could always try to one that should always work: > > emerge -vae world > (NOTE: This will rebuild _everything_) > > Btw, if you are using KDE, you might, like me, also hit issues with > akonadi not starting (I couldn't not use it anymore) > Post on the list if you hit it, I still have these fresh in my mind :) > > -- > Joost > This script is hopefully not the hack, that is said to be a problem in the future? http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2010/06/29/stable-users-libpng-update -- /"\ \ / Plain Text Ribbon Campaign x Say NO to HTML in email and news / \