On 2020.12.06 15:50, Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2020-12-06, Arve Barsnes <arve.bars...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 21:25, Grant Edwards
<grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > emerge -cpv python:3.7 will show you what is keeping 3.7
>>
>> Something's wrong.
>>
>> That lists 43 packages. I checked the first few, and none of them
require python 3.7.
>
> If you have not completed the world update yet, all those are
probably
> still installed as 3.7 packages. You could try updating all those to
> 3.8 only first, if you have not done the world update yet.
I can't update world.
After adding python3_7 to a bunch of setuptools stuff, it now refuses
to update because conflicting vesions of something are required
resulting in a slot conflict.
I think it's both setuptools and certifi that have required version
conflicts, but I can't figure out how to determine what's requiring
the older versions of those two.
At the end of the emerge output is says:
!!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been
pulled
!!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:
and then there's ~150 lines of stuff in which indentation and color
appears to be significant...
When I have that type of issue, I get that output into a file, then
reduce it to the lines referring to one package/slot only. Then I try
to format/unwind the line(s) for each different package being pulled
into that slot. Not always, but looking at exactly what is pulling it
in often (or at least sometimes) allows me to figure out at least a
first step in unraveling the morass. As others have said in this
thread, it is often something already installed which is also waiting
to be re-emerged - so sometimes finding the ones which can be done
first will eliminate some of the conflicts.
Also - I try to do the emerge one package at a time (don't forget the
-1) so the list of packages with conflicts gets at least somewhat
reduced.
