On Thu, 22 May 2014 10:23:27 +0200 "J. Roeleveld" <jo...@antarean.org> wrote:
> > I want to install some packages with docs but emerge tells me that > > it can't do that. Quite interestingly it complains about blocked > > packages. > > [...] > > Can you send the actual emerge-output you are seeing along with the > full emerge-command you are issuing? No problem. Background: Empty machine, Gentoo installed from CD and stage3 tarball. It will be a server, so the 'hardened' profile was selected from the offered choices. A few packages (mailserver, bind, webserver, iptables etc) got installed. I want their documentation, so I added "doc" to their package specific USE flags in package.use. The USE in make.conf is USE="berkdb crypt ssl -ipv6" and in package.use contains postfix, iptables, iproute2 and a few other similar packages, with the 'doc' flag and whatever else they needed for their actual function (e.g. postfix gets 'sasl' and 'mbox'). Then, the command and the response: ----------------------- ~ # emerge --pretend --newuse @world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] sys-apps/paxctl-0.7-r2 [ebuild R ] net-misc/iputils-20121221 USE="-ipv6*" [ebuild R ] sys-process/psmisc-22.20 USE="-ipv6*" [ebuild R ] sys-devel/gcc-4.7.3-r1 USE="hardened* -fortran*" [ebuild R ] app-arch/gzip-1.5 USE="pic*" [ebuild R ] sys-apps/busybox-1.21.0 USE="-ipv6*" [ebuild N ] dev-python/pypax-0.8.4 USE="ptpax xtpax" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3 (-pypy) (-python2_6) -python3_2" [ebuild N ] sys-apps/elfix-0.8.4 USE="ptpax xtpax" [ebuild R ] dev-tcltk/expect-5.44.1.15 USE="doc*" [ebuild NS ] sys-boot/grub-2.00_p5107-r2 [0.97-r12] USE="multislot nls -custom-cflags -debug -device-mapper -doc -efiemu (-libzfs) -mount -sdl -static {-test} -truetype" GRUB_PLATFORMS="-coreboot -efi-32 -efi-64 -emu -ieee1275 -multiboot -pc -qemu -qemu-mips -yeeloong" [ebuild U ] sys-apps/util-linux-2.24.1-r2 [2.22.2] USE="pam%* -bash-completion% -caps% -cytune% -fdformat% -python% -tty-helpers%" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7%* -python3_2% -python3_3% (-python3_4)" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7%* python3_3%* -python3_2% (-python3_4)" [ebuild R ] net-misc/rsync-3.0.9-r3 USE="-ipv6*" [ebuild R ] net-misc/wget-1.14 USE="-ipv6*" [ebuild R ] net-libs/gnutls-2.12.23-r4 USE="-bindist*" [ebuild R ] app-admin/syslog-ng-3.4.7 USE="-ipv6*" [ebuild R ] net-misc/dhcpcd-6.2.0-r1 USE="-ipv6*" [blocks B ] <sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r7 ("<sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r7" is blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.24.1-r2) [blocks B ] >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.23 (">=sys-apps/util-linux-2.23" is blocking >sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r4) * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. (sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r4::gentoo, installed) pulled in by >=sys-apps/sysvinit-2.86-r6 required by (sys-apps/openrc-0.12.4::gentoo, installed) (sys-apps/util-linux-2.24.1-r2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.20 required by (sys-fs/udev-208::gentoo, installed) >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by (sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.42.7::gentoo, installed) >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 required by (x11-libs/libSM-1.2.2::gentoo, installed) sys-apps/util-linux required by @system 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 * IMPORTANT: 1 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news to read news items. ------------------- It is entirely possible that I'm, being a complete newbie on Gentoo made something stupid thing, so I'm not blaming the system, just looking for an explanation and possibly a solution. Thanks, Zoltan