On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 12:57:37 +0530
Nilesh Govindrajan <m...@nileshgr.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2014-09-14 at 10:24 +0300, Gevisz wrote:
> > I have just installed unix2dos utility
> > (never had a need to use it before) and
> > just after that tried to install dos2unix
> > but the installation of dos2unix failed
> > complaining on the fact that
> >
> > "app-text/unix2dos" is blocking app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5
> >
> > I find it very strange as I think that if someone
> > needs unix2dos utility he usually also needs dos2unix
> > utility, especially taking into account that unix2dos
> > by default overwrites its input file.
> >
> > This is the output from the emerge command:
> >
> > # emerge --ask dos2unix
> >
> > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> >
> > Calculating dependencies... done!
> > [ebuild N ] app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5 USE="nls -debug"
> > [blocks B ] app-text/unix2dos ("app-text/unix2dos" is blocking
> > app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5)
> > [blocks B ] >=app-text/dos2unix-5 (">=app-text/dos2unix-5" is
> > blocking app-text/unix2dos-2.2-r1)
> >
> > * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
> > * installed at the same time on the same system.
> >
> > (app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
> > pulled in by dos2unix
> >
> > (app-text/unix2dos-2.2-r1::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
> > app-text/unix2dos required by @selected
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Any thought?
> >
>
> % eix dos2unix
> 14-09-14 - 12:56:42
> * app-text/dos2unix
> Available versions: 6.0.3 6.0.5 (~)6.0.6 {debug nls}
> Homepage: http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/dos2unix.html
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/dos2unix/
> Description: Convert DOS or MAC text files to UNIX format
> or ***vice versa***
>
>
> dos2unix handles both, that's why.
>
Ok, thak you. I have only checked that unix2dos converts one way.
But, anyway, it is unexpected behavior.
