On 12 April 2013, at 06:36, Mateusz Kowalczyk wrote: > ... > * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be > * installed at the same time on the same system. > > (sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.45::gentoo, installed) pulled in by > sys-kernel/genkernel required by @selected > > (app-misc/pax-utils-0.5::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled > in by > >=app-misc/pax-utils-0.1.17 required by > (sys-apps/portage-2.1.11.60::gentoo, installed) > >=app-misc/pax-utils-0.1.19 required by > (sys-apps/sandbox-2.5::gentoo, installed) > >=app-misc/pax-utils-0.1.10 required by > (sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r3::gentoo, installed) > pax-utils > <app-misc/pax-utils-0.6 required by > (sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.45::gentoo, installed) > >=app-misc/pax-utils-0.2.1 required by > (sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.45::gentoo, installed)
> ... > > Why isn't Portage letting me update to 0.5? <0.6 is required by > genkernel and as far as I'm concerned, 0.5 should fall into that > category and yet it blocks. I'm not sure. I see things the same as you do. However, I would just try uninstalling genkernel in the first instance. I can't say I've ever used it, but you should be able to reinstall later if you really need it. > I'm masking more recent pax-utils in my package.mask: > > app-misc/pax-utils-0.5 I'm not sure why you're doing this, but I haven't fully parsed relevant bug 442024 (you should). http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=442024 See also: http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-kernel/genkernel http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-misc/pax-utils Stroller.