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hedmo
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:59 am    Post subject: compiz problem (blocks) Reply with quote

hi i have bin trying to get a compiz update but getting this blocks

mybox / # emerge -avu compiz-fusion-plugins-extra

* IMPORTANT: 4 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
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These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild N ] x11-plugins/compiz-fusion-plugins-main-0.6.0 USE="-jpeg" 767 kB
[ebuild N ] x11-plugins/compiz-fusion-plugins-extra-0.6.0 2,240 kB
[blocks B ] x11-plugins/compiz-fusion-plugins-extra ("x11-plugins/compiz-fusion-plugins-extra" is blocking x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-extra-0.8.4-r1)
[blocks B ] x11-plugins/compiz-fusion-plugins-main ("x11-plugins/compiz-fusion-plugins-main" is blocking x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-main-0.8.4)

Total: 2 packages (2 new), Size of downloads: 3,007 kB
Conflict: 2 blocks (2 unsatisfied)

* Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
* installed at the same time on the same system.

('installed', '/', 'x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-extra-0.8.4-r1', 'nomerge') pulled in by
x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-extra required by world

('installed', '/', 'x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-main-0.8.4', 'nomerge') pulled in by
x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-main required by world

('ebuild', '/', 'x11-plugins/compiz-fusion-plugins-extra-0.6.0', 'merge') pulled in by
compiz-fusion-plugins-extra


For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked


* IMPORTANT: 4 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
* Use eselect news to read news items.

mybox / #

why?
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello,

you could try to unmerge the offending packages and retry emerging compiz-fusion.
The plugins are all dependencies and they must be properly unmasked in packages.keywords.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mybox / # emerge --unmerge "x11-plugins/compiz-fusion-plugins-extra"

--- Couldn't find 'x11-plugins/compiz-fusion-plugins-extra' to unmerge.

>>> No packages selected for removal by unmerge

* IMPORTANT: 4 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
* Use eselect news to read news items.



mybox / # emerge --unmerge "x11-plugins/compiz-fusion-plugins-main"

--- Couldn't find 'x11-plugins/compiz-fusion-plugins-main' to unmerge.

>>> No packages selected for removal by unmerge

* IMPORTANT: 4 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
* Use eselect news to read news items.

mybox / #
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