commit: 15b7366045930c6b76049cc76aa434aa08d8003c Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Tue Jul 20 21:41:16 2021 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Tue Jul 20 21:41:58 2021 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=15b73660
2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade: add backtracking Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/802639 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> 2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade.en.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade.en.txt b/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade.en.txt index c6abd4f..bc1baa1 100644 --- a/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade.en.txt +++ b/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade.en.txt @@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ We therefore recommend the following procedure for users: 5. Once complete, depclean: # emerge -a --depclean +If the upgrade fails with conflicts, please try --backtrack=1000 or some +other large number. + Rarely, it may be necessary to perform a one-off installation of a package, but usually `perl-cleaner` will resolve the issue. If an error message occurs after running perl-cleaner, try e.g. for a fictional package dev-perl/foo:
