On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:19:01 -0700, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > How do I solve this perl dependency? I was always confused about these > dependencies. > !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been > pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: > > dev-lang/perl:0 > > (dev-lang/perl-5.22.3_rc4:0/5.22::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) > pulled in by =dev-lang/perl-5.22* required by > (virtual/perl-Digest-1.170.0-r5:0/0::gentoo, installed) ^ > ^^^^^ (and 10 more with the same problem) > > (dev-lang/perl-5.20.2:0/5.20::gentoo, installed) pulled in by > =dev-lang/perl-5.20.2* required by > (virtual/perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.280.217-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) > ^ ^^^^^^^ dev-lang/perl:0/5.20=[-build(-)] required by > (dev-perl/Net-SMTP-SSL-1.30.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) > ^^^^^^^^ (and 117 more with the same problems)
A number of perl modules have gone from being separate packages to part of the core perl distribution (this was covered in a news item). You need to make sure there are no perl packages have crept into @world, which you can do with: emerge --deselect y $(qlist -IC dev-perl) -- Neil Bothwick If at first you don't suceed, try the switch marked "Power"
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