On 30/09/2013 14:37, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 09/30/2013 02:24:40 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 30/09/2013 13:55, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> > Hi, my most hated package is poppler. Each time in the past and now >> > again it's hard to upgrade. >> > >> > portage (2.2.7) cannot handle it, so I have to (manually) unmerge all >> > packages depending on it and emerge them after >> > the poppler upgrade again. >> > >> > Has anybody found a more elegant procedure? >> > >> > Many thanks, >> > Helmut. >> > >> >> >> poppler packaging is a pita, but it's never broke anything for me (but >> does cause lots and lots and lots of stuff to be rebuilt...) >> >> Yesterday's update worked just fine: >> >> $ genlop -t poppler >> * app-text/poppler >> >> Wed Sep 18 08:46:05 2013 >>> app-text/poppler-0.24.1 >> merge time: 33 seconds. >> >> Sun Sep 29 12:31:08 2013 >>> app-text/poppler-0.24.2 >> merge time: 35 seconds. >> >> >> What errors are you getting? >> Any customizations to poppler on your system? >> (i.e grep -r poppler /etc/portage) >> > > First, are you using portage-2.2.7?
Yes > I haven't changed poppler nor its ebuild in any way. > > Here is my problem: > > emerge -vp app-text/poppler > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies * waiting for lock on > /var/db/.pkg.portage_lockfile ... [ ok ] > ... done! > [ebuild r U ] app-text/poppler-0.24.2:0/43 [0.22.5:0/37] USE="cairo > cjk cxx introspection jpeg lcms png qt4 tiff utils -curl -debug -doc > -jpeg2k" 1,470 kB > [ebuild rR ] net-print/cups-filters-1.0.36-r2 USE="jpeg png tiff > -perl -static-libs -zeroconf" 0 kB > [ebuild rR ] dev-tex/luatex-0.76.0 USE="-doc" 0 kB > [ebuild rR ] app-text/evince-3.8.3:0/evd3.4-evv3.3 > USE="introspection postscript tiff -debug -djvu -dvi -gnome-keyring > -nautilus -t1lib -xps" 0 kB > [ebuild rR ] dev-python/python-poppler-0.12.1-r4 USE="-examples" > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6" 0 kB > [ebuild rR ] app-office/calligra-2.7.3:4 USE="crypt eigen exif fftw > fontconfig gif glew glib gsf gsl handbook jpeg jpeg2k kdcraw kdepim lcms > marble mysql okular opengl pdf ssl threads tiff truetype xbase xml xslt > (-aqua) -attica -freetds -openexr -opengtl (-postgres) -spacenav > (-sybase) {-test} -vc -word-perfect" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="author braindump > flow karbon kexi krita plan sheets stage words" 0 kB > [ebuild r U ] app-office/libreoffice-4.1.2.2-r1 [4.1.2.2] > USE="bluetooth branding cups dbus gnome gtk java kde opengl vba webdav > (-aqua) -debug -eds -gstreamer -gtk3 -jemalloc -mysql -odk -postgres > -telepathy {-test}" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-minimizer > -nlpsolver -scripting-beanshell -scripting-javascript -wiki-publisher" > PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 -python3_3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 > python3_3" 0 kB > [ebuild rR ] app-text/texlive-core-2013-r1 USE="X doc tk xetex -cjk > -source" 0 kB > [ebuild rR ] app-office/texmaker-4.0.4 0 kB That all looks quite normal - poppler triggered 8 rebuilds. Is the problem just on the other machine (this one looks fine)? > > Total: 9 packages (2 upgrades, 7 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 1,470 kB > > and on a different machine portage couldn't resolve blocking itself. > > I'll try this (big) re-emerge later on. > Thanks, > Helmut > > > -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com