On Sat, Oct 03 2015, l...@yagibdah.de wrote:
> What is b.g.o.?
http://bugs.gentoo.org
allan
Neil Bothwick writes:
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 20:45:10 +0200, lee wrote:
>
>> Neil Bothwick writes:
>>
>> > Patches are always more welcome than suggestions. "Fix it!" is never
>> > as welcome as "here's how". I think it was Canek who said "code
>> > talks".
>>
>> Do you have an example for s
Alan Mackenzie writes:
> Hello, Lee.
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 08:45:10PM +0200, lee wrote:
>> Neil Bothwick writes:
>
>> > Patches are always more welcome than suggestions. "Fix it!" is never as
>> > welcome as "here's how". I think it was Canek who said "code talks".
>
>> Do you have an exa
On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 07:10:52 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote:
> Short-term if somebody wants to write up a wiki page full of common
> confusing portage error messages and improved versions of the same,
> and instructions on how to handle each situation, that would both help
> users today, and give the po
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 5:39 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 20:45:10 +0200, lee wrote:
>
>> Go ahead and show me where I have demanded something.
>
> Your insistence that it should be changed amounts to a demand. Your
> assertion that it can be done easily only demeans the efforts o
On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 20:45:10 +0200, lee wrote:
> Neil Bothwick writes:
>
> > Patches are always more welcome than suggestions. "Fix it!" is never
> > as welcome as "here's how". I think it was Canek who said "code
> > talks".
>
> Do you have an example for such a case?
Just look at b.g.o. M
Hello, Lee.
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 08:45:10PM +0200, lee wrote:
> Neil Bothwick writes:
> > Patches are always more welcome than suggestions. "Fix it!" is never as
> > welcome as "here's how". I think it was Canek who said "code talks".
> Do you have an example for such a case?
Yes, many. I
Neil Bothwick writes:
> Patches are always more welcome than suggestions. "Fix it!" is never as
> welcome as "here's how". I think it was Canek who said "code talks".
Do you have an example for such a case? My experience has disproved
this claim, and I've even seen people fixing stuff multiple
Alec Ten Harmsel writes:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 12:52:41AM +0200, lee wrote:
>>
>> Alan McKinnon writes:
>>
>> > On 27/09/2015 21:17, lee wrote:
>> >
>> > Fellow, I'm done with you, really.
>> >
>> > You hold onto your issues with portage like they were some treasured
>> > memory of a long-s
On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:52:41 +0200, lee wrote:
> > You hold onto your issues with portage like they were some treasured
> > memory of a long-since departed loved one, while all the time
> > apparently ignoring the correct valid solutions offeered by kind
> > folks on this list.
> >
> > Let it go.
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 12:52:41AM +0200, lee wrote:
>
> Alan McKinnon writes:
>
> > On 27/09/2015 21:17, lee wrote:
> >
> > Fellow, I'm done with you, really.
> >
> > You hold onto your issues with portage like they were some treasured
> > memory of a long-since departed loved one, while all the
Alan McKinnon writes:
> On 27/09/2015 21:17, lee wrote:
>
>
>
> [big snip]
>
>>> Seems to me you are thinking like a human (because you are one) and not
>>> > seeing portage's limits. Portage has no idea what would solve the issue
>>> > so can't give any recommendations worth a damn. The best it
On 27/09/2015 21:17, lee wrote:
[big snip]
>> Seems to me you are thinking like a human (because you are one) and not
>> > seeing portage's limits. Portage has no idea what would solve the issue
>> > so can't give any recommendations worth a damn. The best it can do is
>> > print some hardcoded
Rich Freeman writes:
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 9:51 AM, lee wrote:
>> |
>> | (dev-libs/boost-1.56.0-r1:0/1.56.0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>> pulled in by
>> | (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in this slot)
>> |
>> | (dev-libs/boost-1.55.0-r2:0/1.55.0::gento
Alan McKinnon writes:
> On 26/09/2015 11:47, lee wrote:
>> Rich Freeman writes:
>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Alan McKinnon
>>> wrote:
> [...]
>> It gives the same results (after syncing again), plus a message that
>> wasn't there before:
>>
>>
>> ,
>> | x11-drivers/nvidia-dr
On 26/09/2015 17:00, lee wrote:
> Alan McKinnon writes:
>
>> On 20/09/2015 17:28, lee wrote:
>>> Neil Bothwick writes:
>>>
On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:36:06 +0200, lee wrote:
>
>> [...]
> !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been
> pulled !!! into the depende
Alan McKinnon writes:
> On 20/09/2015 17:28, lee wrote:
>> Neil Bothwick writes:
>>
>>> On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:36:06 +0200, lee wrote:
> [...]
!!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been
pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:
> [
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 20:16:09 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Portage can't unwind the most recent merges so you have to rely on a
> side-effect - hoping that portage will notice your package of X isn't in
> the current tree then will downgrade it to one that is.
You can use app-portage/demerge for
On 26/09/2015 18:47, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>> The other one is portage snapshots.
>> >
>> > That sounds like something I should learn about.
> See above re backups, it's just a tarball of the portage tree.
Just beware of one thing. Syncing the tree and then *using* it is often
a one-way street
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 15:10:48 +0200, lee wrote:
> It seems that everyone has the problem that some versions of some
> packages don't go together with some versions of other packages the
> 'some versions of some packages' depend on.
That's just life, and 99% of th time it either doesn't matter or i
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 15:51:07 +0200, lee wrote:
> + need to rebuild (large) packages (like libreoffice) which I expect to
> be upgraded and thus get rebuilt later anyway (to keep the package
> management happy because it cannot figure this out for us and give us
> a choice to upgrade these (l
On Saturday, September 26, 2015 03:10:48 PM lee wrote:
> "J. Roeleveld" writes:
> > On Sunday 20 September 2015 16:25:34 lee wrote:
> >> Alan McKinnon writes:
> >> > On 19/09/2015 21:36, lee wrote:
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> how could I solve these updating problems:
> >> >>
>
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 9:51 AM, lee wrote:
> |
> | (dev-libs/boost-1.56.0-r1:0/1.56.0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
> pulled in by
> | (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in this slot)
> |
> | (dev-libs/boost-1.55.0-r2:0/1.55.0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
Rich Freeman writes:
> On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 1:24 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>> On Sunday 20 September 2015 16:25:34 lee wrote:
>>> So I decided I'd better ask what to do. It's hard to believe that we
>>> are seriously expected to remove lots of software which we might not be
>>> able to install
"J. Roeleveld" writes:
> On Sunday 20 September 2015 16:25:34 lee wrote:
>> Alan McKinnon writes:
>> > On 19/09/2015 21:36, lee wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> how could I solve these updating problems:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> emerge -j 8 -a --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world
>> >>
>> >>
On 26/09/2015 11:47, lee wrote:
> Rich Freeman writes:
>
>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Alan McKinnon
>> wrote:
>>> On 19/09/2015 21:36, lee wrote:
dev-libs/boost:0
(dev-libs/boost-1.56.0-r1:0/1.56.0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
pulled in by
(no
Rich Freeman writes:
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Alan McKinnon
> wrote:
>> On 19/09/2015 21:36, lee wrote:
>>>
>>> dev-libs/boost:0
>>>
>>> (dev-libs/boost-1.56.0-r1:0/1.56.0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>>> pulled in by
>>> (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packa
On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:05:27 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:36:06 +0200, lee wrote:
> > emerge -j 8 -a --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y
> > @world
> >
> > * IMPORTANT: 4 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
> > * Use eselect news read to view new items.
> >
> >
On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 1:24 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> On Sunday 20 September 2015 16:25:34 lee wrote:
>> So I decided I'd better ask what to do. It's hard to believe that we
>> are seriously expected to remove lots of software which we might not be
>> able to install again just to do an update.
On Sunday 20 September 2015 16:25:34 lee wrote:
> Alan McKinnon writes:
> > On 19/09/2015 21:36, lee wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> how could I solve these updating problems:
> >>
> >>
> >> emerge -j 8 -a --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world
> >>
> >> * IMPORTANT: 4 news items need readi
On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 17:28:25 +0200, lee wrote:
> Neil Bothwick writes:
> > These are unimportant, it is simply portage telling you it is not
> > updating some packages to the latest available and why. Personally, I
> > believe this sort of output should only be shown when using
> > --verbose.
On 20/09/2015 17:28, lee wrote:
> Neil Bothwick writes:
>
>> On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:36:06 +0200, lee wrote:
>>
>>> emerge -j 8 -a --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y
>>> @world
>>>
On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 11:28 AM, lee wrote:
>
> Should I make feature requests?
>
First, don't believe every post you read in gentoo-user. Just as you
can post anything you want here, so can anybody else. People offer
advice they think is helpful. That doesn't mean it is necessarily
correct,
Alan McKinnon writes:
> On 19/09/2015 21:36, lee wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> how could I solve these updating problems:
>>
>>
>> emerge -j 8 -a --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world
>>
>>
Neil Bothwick writes:
> On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:36:06 +0200, lee wrote:
>
>> emerge -j 8 -a --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y
>> @world
>>
>>
On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 20:37:53 -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
>
>> My impression is that using Portage has become more complicated
>> & its warning/error messages have not been given the necessary
>> attention. Complaints or pleas for help like the
On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 20:37:53 -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
> My impression is that using Portage has become more complicated
> & its warning/error messages have not been given the necessary
> attention. Complaints or pleas for help like the OP's here are quite
> frequent & not all of them come from no
150920 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 20/09/2015 00:17, Rich Freeman wrote:
>> While Gentoo doesn't do as much handholding as many distros,
>> the Portage output above should not be viewed
>> as something we are proud of.
> It's either due to it being a really hard problem
> or the Portage team is short
On 20/09/2015 00:17, Rich Freeman wrote:
> Also, emerge running --changed-deps=y from time to time may make those
> kinds of problems less likely. The first time you do it prepare to
> see a LOT of stuff get rebuilt - any of those packages could cause
> issues in the future but most probably will
On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 19/09/2015 21:36, lee wrote:
>>
>> dev-libs/boost:0
>>
>> (dev-libs/boost-1.56.0-r1:0/1.56.0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
>> pulled in by
>> (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in this slot)
>>
>> (dev-libs
On 09/19/2015 12:36 PM, lee wrote:
>
>
> I could remove boost (and maybe reinstall it later), but I would like to
> keep ffmpeg. hdf5 apparently goes back to having blender installed,
> which I would also like to keep. And apparently, I would have to remove
> libreoffice before I could update.
On Saturday 19 Sep 2015 21:05:27 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:36:06 +0200, lee wrote:
> > emerge -j 8 -a --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y
> > @world
> >
> > * IMPORTANT: 4 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
> > * Use eselect news read to view new items.
> >
On 19/09/2015 22:05, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>> media-video/ffmpeg:0
>> >
>> > (media-video/ffmpeg-2.6.3:0/54.56.56::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for
>> > merge) pulled in by (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages
>> > in this slot)
>> >
>> > (media-video/ffmpeg-2.2.14:0/52.55.55::gento
On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:36:06 +0200, lee wrote:
> emerge -j 8 -a --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y
> @world
>
>
>
> * IMPORTAN
On 19/09/2015 21:36, lee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> how could I solve these updating problems:
>
>
> emerge -j 8 -a --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world
>
>
Hi,
how could I solve these updating problems:
emerge -j 8 -a --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world
* IMPORTANT: 4 news
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:44:48 +0100
Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
> The profile is never changed when running updates, the user has to
> change it by using eselect or updating the make.profile symlink by
> hand. There is a bug [1] open about a profile change without user
> interaction. It seems something
2009/11/10 Arnau Bria :
> On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:10:08 +0100
> Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
>
> [...]
>> Do you remember which profile you have used before.
> nop :-( sorry.
> when did the profile changed? cause my last update was 15/21 days ago...
>
The profile is never changed when running updates, t
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:10:08 +0100
Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
[...]
> Do you remember which profile you have used before.
nop :-( sorry.
when did the profile changed? cause my last update was 15/21 days ago...
> I am asking
> because maybe it was the 2007 or 2008 profile which was depreciated
> and
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:59:00 -0600, Dale wrote:
> I don't think it is you. Alan, why is portage telling him that
> 10.0/desktop is deprecated? I'm using that profile myself with no
> problems.
It's not, it is telling him that x86/10.0 is deprecated and that he
should use x86/10.0/desktop. Howev
2009/11/10 Arnau Bria :
> my first update attempt after syncing...
>
> # emerge -uDvpt world
>
> !!! Your current profile is deprecated and not supported anymore.
> !!! Please upgrade to the following profile if possible:
> default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop
>
> To upgrade do the following steps
On Tuesday 10 November 2009 12:33:37 Arnau Bria wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:17:20 +0200
>
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > On Tuesday 10 November 2009 12:14:13 Arnau Bria wrote:
> > > profile, from default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop to
> > > default/linux/x86/10.0. *not sure if my problem comes from cha
Arnau Bria wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:40:28 -0600
> Dale Dale wrote:
>
>
>> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>
>
>
>> I'm trying to figure out WHY he had to change it from a desktop
>> profile to a plain profile. Did the OP get told this by portage or
>> did he change the requirements for his
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:40:28 -0600
Dale Dale wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out WHY he had to change it from a desktop
> profile to a plain profile. Did the OP get told this by portage or
> did he change the requirements for his Gentoo install? 10.0 is the
> current set of
Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 November 2009 12:14:13 Arnau Bria wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> today I've sync my portage and noticed that I had to change my profile,
>> from default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop to default/linux/x86/10.0.
>> *not sure if my problem comes from changing profile...
>>
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:17:20 +0200
Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 November 2009 12:14:13 Arnau Bria wrote:
> > profile, from default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop to
> > default/linux/x86/10.0. *not sure if my problem comes from changing
> > profile...
>
> err, according to that you didn't change
On Tuesday 10 November 2009 12:14:13 Arnau Bria wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> today I've sync my portage and noticed that I had to change my profile,
> from default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop to default/linux/x86/10.0.
> *not sure if my problem comes from changing profile...
err, according to that you didn't
Hi all,
today I've sync my portage and noticed that I had to change my profile,
from default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop to default/linux/x86/10.0.
*not sure if my problem comes from changing profile...
then I did my emerge -uDvpt world and found that I had to add some use
flags to some packages:
fir
Buwalda, A. wrote:
> Whoa, this suprises even myself, am I messing things up here (its not my
> only box)? Anyway, this is the path:
>
> ls -al /etc/make.profile
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 52 Apr 8 22:30 /etc/make.profile ->
> ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.0/2.4
relink it to:
/usr
Message-
> > From: Edward Catmur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: donderdag 14 april 2005 15:19
> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Update problems
> >
> > > I changed the link to make.profile to fit the 2005.0
> >
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> Sent: donderdag 14 april 2005 15:19
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Update problems
>
> > I changed the link to make.profile to fit the 2005.0
> profile but since
> > then I can't seem to update. I'm stuck with the
> I changed the link to make.profile to fit
> the 2005.0 profile but since then I can't seem to update. I'm stuck with
> the following error:
>
> ---
> Calculating world dependencies |
> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6" have
> been masked.
> !!! One of the fo
Hi all,
A few days ago when doing an 'emerge -puD world' i got the message to
upgrade to the 2005.0 profile. I changed the link to make.profile to fit
the 2005.0 profile but since then I can't seem to update. I'm stuck with
the following error:
---
Calculating world dependencies |
!!! All eb
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