On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 13:50:42 -0500, Shawn Singh wrote:

> emerge --update --deep --newuse world
> 
> ... here's the info ...
> 
> Error: the sys-apps/coldplug package conflicts with another package;
>          the two packages cannot be installed on the same system
> together. ...

Unmerge coldplug, it's no longer used.

> emerge --pretend --update --deep --newuse world > output_file
> 
> followed by:
> 
> grep blocks output_file
> 
> [blocks B     ] sys-apps/coldplug (is blocking sys-fs/udev-103)
> 
> I can't emerge: sys-fs/udev-103 or udev-103 b/c that's not a valid
> package atom ...

No, but it is a valid package version. The problem is that you have
coldplug installed and coldplug's functionality is now provided by udev
in version 103. 

> What do I need to do to resolve this?

emerge -C coldplug
emerge uavDN world

> "Most problems go away if you just wait long enough. It might look like
> I'm standing motionless but I'm actively waiting for our problems to go
> away. I don't know why this works but it does."
> Scott Adams, Dilbert comic

But not this time, eh? :)


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Pentium instruction of the day: FLI: Flash Lights Impressively

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