On 17/12/2016 14:51, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 17 Dec 2016 12:27:18 Kai Krakow wrote: >> Am Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:06:00 -0500 >> >> schrieb Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net>: >>> I just updated Qt5 to 5.6.2 & ran into a familiar Portage problem. >>> >>> The emerge command responds with a list of "conflicts", >>> all involving 5.6.1 vs 5.6.2 versions of the c 15 pkgs. >>> The only way to get around this is to unmerge the existing pkgs via >>> '-C', then install the new versions. That works, but it's brute >>> force. >>> >>> Portage sb able to resolve this kind of conflict for itself. >>> If not, then at least it should advise users intelligently >>> to do what I've just described. It can happen with other sets of >>> pkgs. >>> >>> Yes, I did do 'backtrack==30'. >>> >>> Before I send in a bug, does anyone else have useful comments ? >> >> I constantly see the same conflict and haven't nailed it down exactly >> right now. It seems to happen when one package requires a binary >> compatibility to an older version of a depend but can also be built >> against the newer version. Usually, emerge should trigger a rebuild >> then. But this doesn't seem to work when both packages (the depend and >> the depender) are updated at the same time. Portage then pulls in the >> old and the new version of the same package at the same time, resulting >> in a conflict. >> >> Upgrading the depends with "-1a" first sometimes helps but usually I'll >> also resolv it by unmerging the conflicting package first. > > Or, I usually end up unmerging the older version and emerge then picks up the > latest stable version of the dependency. I'm not saying this is the correct > way to do it but either of these two methods get me out of the woods > eventually. >
It is the "correct" way, but not because it has some stamp of approval :-) It's correct because it's the easiest way out of a tricky problem that is really hard to solve any other way. It's a lot like doors - removing them is not exactly what they were built for but if you need to get a 92cm couch through a 90cm door the only way to get that extra 2cm is to take the door off it's hinges :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
