I am following this document http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-gentoo.phtml
And when I get to emerging pptpconfig: # emerge -pv pptpconfig These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [blocks B ] <=dev-php/php-4.99.99 (is blocking dev-php/php-5.0.3-r1) [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.11 36,218 kB [ebuild N ] sys-apps/iproute2-2.6.11.20050310-r1 -atm +berkdb -minimal 333 kB [ebuild N ] dev-php/php-4.3.11 +X +berkdb +crypt +curl -debug -doc -fdftk -firebird -flash -freetds +gd -gd-external +gdbm -gmp -hardenedphp -imap -informix -ipv6 +java +jpeg +kerberos +ldap -mcal -memlimit -mssql +mysql +ncurses +nls -oci8 -odbc +pam +pdflib +png -postgres +qt +readline +snmp +spell +ssl +tiff +truetype +xml2 -yaz 3,918 kB [ebuild N ] dev-php/php-5.0.3-r1 -adabas -bcmath +berkdb -birdstep -bzlib -calendar -cdb -cpdflib +crypt -ctype +curl -curlwrappers -db2 -dba -dbase -dbm -dbmaker -dbx -debug -dio -empress -empress-bcs -esoob -exif +fam -fdftk -filepro -firebird -flatfile -frontbase -ftp +gd -gd-external +gdbm -gmp -hyperwave-api -iconv -imap -informix -ingres -inifile -iodbc +jpeg +kerberos +ldap -libedit -mcve -memlimit -mhash -mime -ming -mnogosearch -msession -msql -mssql +mysql -mysqli +ncurses -nis +nls -oci8 -odbc -oracle7 -ovrimos -pcntl -pcre -pfpro +png -posix -postgres -qdbm +readline -recode -sapdb -sasl -session -sharedext -sharedmem -simplexml +snmp -soap -sockets -solid +spell -spl -sqlite +ssl -sybase -sybase-ct -sysvipc -tidy +tiff -tokenizer +truetype -wddx +xml2 -xmlrpc -xpm -xsl +zlib 4,499 kB [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libxml-1.8.17-r2 -debug -doc 972 kB [ebuild NS ] gnome-base/libglade-0.17-r6 -bonobo +nls 409 kB [ebuild N ] dev-php/php-gtk-1.0.1 296 kB [ebuild N ] net-dialup/pptpconfig-20040722 39 kB Total size of downloads: 46,688 kB So I try to remove the blocker: # emerge -C =dev-php/php-4.99.99 --- Couldn't find =dev-php/php-4.99.99 to unmerge. >>> unmerge: No packages selected for removal. Huh? Okay let's try with the < # emerge -C <=dev-php/php-4.99.99 -/bin/bash: =dev-php/php-4.99.99: No such file or directory # emerge -C \<=dev-php/php-4.99.99 --- Couldn't find <=dev-php/php-4.99.99 to unmerge. >>> unmerge: No packages selected for removal. Umm, okay fine... let's just be really broad: # emerge -C php dev-php/mod_php selected: 4.3.2-r5 4.3.8 protected: none omitted: none >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. >>> Waiting 5 seconds before starting... >>> (Control-C to abort)... >>> Unmerging in: 5 4 3 2 1 >>> Unmerging dev-php/mod_php-4.3.2-r5... No package files given... Grabbing a set. QA Notice: ECLASS 'php' inherited illegally in dev-php/mod_php-4.3.2-r5 /usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh: line 1458: /var/portage/eclass/php.eclass: No such file or directory !!! ERROR: dev-php/mod_php-4.3.2-r5 failed. !!! Function inherit, Line 1459, Exitcode 1 !!! died sourcing /var/portage/eclass/php.eclass in inherit() !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. !!! FAILED prerm: 1 Note that it troed to unmerge mod_php, when I didn't even say that. Then I get more errors which I don't understand, anyway. I have to get <=dev-php/php-4.99.99 unmerged before I can do any of this, and I'm being ridden pretty hard by my boss.. Any ideas? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list