Hello Jayson Smith I had the same problem. I solved it with:
host# emerge --nodeps --update net-ftp/proftpd and than host# emerge --deep --update world I hope this is the right way to solve the problem. Andy comments? mfg Mario Koppensteiner > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- > Von: "Jayson Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> > Betreff: [gentoo-user] One package is blocking another? > Datum: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 01:19:52 -0400 > > Hi, > Several days ago I did an 'emerge --ask --nospinner -u world' to update my > software as normal, but was told that ftpbase-0.00 was blocking > proftpd-1.something. What, exactly, does this mean and what do I do about > it? I want to continue using Proftpd, and don't know what Ftpbase is. > Any > help would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks, > Jayson. > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list