problem with emerge -u system

bogler · n00b Joined: 07 Dec 2002 Posts: 67

i am trying to update my system

i am getting the following error..

emerge -u system
Calculating system dependencies ...done!

!!! Error: the <dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.05-r6 package conflicts with this package and both can't be installed on the same system together.

Does anyone know the solution to this?

Also, i have found that i sometimes get incompatibilities when i try and emerge, of a DEPEND nature, is it possible to move everything in /var/tmp/portage into another temporary directory to stop this happening?

Thanks

bogler
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rojaro · l33t Joined: 06 May 2002 Posts: 732

it wants to install a new version of perl which contains already this package. so unmerge the package before running the update by emerge unmerge dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker
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mart_man00 · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 245

Why doesnt portage handle this like a dep?

Just wondering...