On Sat, 01 Mar 2014 22:34:45 +0000
Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> While wrestling with my owncloud problem I decided to re-install the
> server box from scratch. It's a little Atom box so I keep a 32-bit
> chroot on this machine (the one I'm writing this on), nfs-mount the
> server's packages directory in the chroot and do all the heavy emerge
> work on the i5 here. The contents of /etc/portage/* are identical in
> both systems, with minor exceptions detailing --jobs= and the proxies
> (the server serves the portage tree and is the rsync host, and it
> can't do that for itself until http- replicator etc. are in place).
> 
> I got as far as installing a recent stage 3 and adding nfs-utils so
> that I could export the package directory. Then I ran emerge -eavK
> world (I'd already rebuilt all the packages in the chroot before
> zapping the server). You'll never guess what happened. Well,
> actually, I hope someone can because I'm stumped again.
> 
> $ OPTIONS="backtrack=100" emerge -pvKe world
> ...

Please provide the whole output. There should be an explanation why
there is the conflict.

You can also run the emerge with -at to get some insight into the
package dependencies.

What is the reason you run with backtrack=100 ?

> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "app-arch/bzip2" have been masked.
> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
> request:
> - app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r3::gentoo (masked by: backtracking: slot
> conflict)
> 
> Bzip2 installs happily if specified by itself. Portage is at version
> 2.2.7, and I did remember to set the active python version to 2.7
> before starting all this.
> 
> Now that I think of it, this slot conflict over bzip2 was among the
> reasons I decided to zap the server and start anew. The cure hasn't
> fixed the ailment.
> 
> Has anyone any ideas?
> 



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