On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:37:25 -0400, Alan Grimes wrote:

> >> What is the exact line I need to add to the pile of hacks, and
> >> workarounds in that file?  

If the fie is full of hacks and workarounds, you are problably doing
something wrong.

> > kde-base/baloo minimal  

> I treat package.use as a last resort because, over the long haul it
> tends to fuck things up and is difficult to maintain. Whenever possible,
> I solve all issues with ufed.

It's a file or directory, it does not f*** things up, that's your job as
administrator.

> I didn't think it was possible to set a package like that, I thought it
> had to be something stupid like:
> 
> >=kde-base/baloo-1.0  

Then you haven't done much manual reading in the last ten years.
 
> or something, which I think it had to be at one point in time. or
> something to target the kde4 version and not the kde 5 version, or some
> other ninjitsu.

If you had read the error message properly, you would see that is not
necessary as the two conflicting version of baloo are in different
categories. Perhaps you should put down your rant-pen for a few minutes
and spend the time on something constructive, like reading the Gentoo
handbook or man pages.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Be regular. Eat cron flakes.

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