From: cestjihef@free.fr   
      
   J.O. Aho wrote:   
      
   > jf wrote:   
   >   
   >> As I do almost once a week, I tried today to update my gentoo, but a lot   
   >> of kde... packages are blocked by what seems to be a previous version of   
   >> kde-base. Do I have to unmerge all kde ( or kde-base) to let the system   
   >> update ?   
   >   
   > Yeah, sadly you have to uninstall the monolithic KDE3.5.9 which you have   
   > installed and then install KDE3.5.10 meta as portage can't handle this   
   > kind of changes.   
   >   
   > Another option would be to remove the KDE3.5.9 from your   
   > /var/db/pkg/kde-base, this way portage thinks you don't have KDE installed   
   > and it will install the files over the current ones. This could lead to   
   > some orphan files, but should be okey IMHO.   
   >   
   > A third one is to mask KDE3.5.10, but this will in the length cause your   
   > some dependency problems.   
   >   
   > Fourth would be to go directly to the unstable KDE4, but with my recent   
   > experience there are too many bugs there and a lot of features missing   
   > (filed a bunch of bugs to the KDE developers today).   
   >   
      
   Hi, it's me again :)   
      
   Last sunday, I unmerge all kde, and launched "emerge --update --deep   
   world" . This time it didn't complain :)   
   Today, I try the update again, and I get this :   
      
   ***********************************************************   
   Calculating dependencies... done!   
   [ebuild     U ] dev-libs/xmlrpc-c-1.18.02 [1.06.27] USE="cgi%*   
   cxx%* -abyss% -tools%"   
   [ebuild     U ] dev-util/cmake-2.6.4 [2.6.2-r1]   
   [ebuild     U ] x11-misc/util-macros-1.2.2 [1.2.1]   
   [ebuild     U ] x11-proto/inputproto-1.5.1 [1.5.0]   
   [ebuild     U ] app-crypt/qca-2.0.2-r2 [2.0.2-r1]   
   [ebuild     U ] app-cdr/cdrkit-1.1.9-r1 [1.1.9]   
   [ebuild     U ] net-libs/xulrunner-1.9.0.11 [1.9.0.10]   
   [ebuild     U ] gnome-base/gconf-2.26.2-r1 [2.26.2]   
   [ebuild     U ] kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6 [3.5.9-r4]   
   [ebuild     U ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.0.11 [3.0.10]   
   [ebuild     U ] media-video/devede-3.12c [3.6]   
   [ebuild     U ] dev-python/qscintilla-python-2.3.2-r2 [2.3.2]   
   [ebuild     U ] sys-fs/udev-141 [124-r2]   
   [uninstall    ] sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5-r1   
   [blocks b     ] >=sys-fs/udev-126 (">=sys-fs/udev-126" is blocking   
   sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5-r1)   
   [uninstall    ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.11-r1   
   [blocks b     ] >=sys-fs/udev-125 (">=sys-fs/udev-125" is blocking   
   sys-apps/hal-0.5.11-r1)   
   [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdenetwork ("kde-base/kdenetwork" is blocking   
   kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6)   
   [blocks B     ] kde-base/kde ("kde-base/kde" is blocking   
   kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6)   
   [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdetoys ("kde-base/kdetoys" is blocking   
   kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6)   
   [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdeartwork ("kde-base/kdeartwork" is blocking   
   kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6)   
   [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdepim ("kde-base/kdepim" is blocking   
   kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6)   
   [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdemultimedia ("kde-base/kdemultimedia" is blocking   
   kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6)   
   [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdeadmin ("kde-base/kdeadmin" is blocking   
   kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6)   
   [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdebase ("kde-base/kdebase" is blocking   
   kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6)   
   [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdeedu ("kde-base/kdeedu" is blocking   
   kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6)   
   [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdegraphics ("kde-base/kdegraphics" is blocking   
   kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6)   
   [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdewebdev ("kde-base/kdewebdev" is blocking   
   kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6)   
   [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdegames ("kde-base/kdegames" is blocking   
   kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6)   
   [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdeaddons ("kde-base/kdeaddons" is blocking   
   kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6)   
   [blocks B     ] kde-base/kdeutils ("kde-base/kdeutils" is blocking   
   kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6)   
      
    * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be   
    * installed at the same time on the same system.   
   ****************************************************************   
      
   It seems to me that last week, it installed kde 3.5.9 instead of 3.5.10 !!   
   I've just tried to remove all that was in /var/db/pkg/kde-base , but if I   
   try the update, it says it will install kde 3.5.9 again !?   
   Then I think that if I want to maintain my system up-to-date, I'll have to   
   download and install KDE 3.5.10 ?   
      
   cu,   
   jf   
      
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