On Tuesday 30 June 2009 19:54:10 Michael Higgins wrote: > Detected file collision(s): > > /usr/bin/dp > > Searching all installed packages for file collisions... > > Press Ctrl-C to Stop > > mail-client/nmh-1.1-r1 > /usr/bin/dp > > Package 'app-accessibility/speech-tools-1.2.96_beta' NOT merged due to > file collisions. If necessary, refer to your elog messages for the > whole content of the above message.
Did you do this step? Did it tell you anything useful? > So, it seems both packages install the same file. WTF? Am I dead in the > water now? Not necessarily. Usually one would persuade one of the ebuilds to not build the offending file by removing some USE flag. That doesn't apply to those packages (no relevant USE flags) so your options are: a. figure out which of the packages you can do without, and do so. (Do you REALLY need a speech synthesizer?) b. Examine each package's output of ./configure and see if there's a way to disable something that will avoid collisions. Then build that package manually. c. Do b) but modify the ebuild and store it in your local overlay d. Put on your cowboy hat (the black one), delete /usr/bin/dp and let rip with emerge. This is an option, just not a recommended one. Either way, you should file a bug and provide any workable solutions you found. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
