[mythtv-users] blocked package

Paul Harrison mythtv at dsl.pipex.com
Sat Dec 2 16:03:39 UTC 2006


Chuck Dock wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm new to gentoo so please be easy on me. I get these errors tring to 
> upgrade mythtv:
>  
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [blocks B     ] <=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9 (is blocking 
> x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.3)
> [blocks B     ] <=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9 (is blocking 
> x11-misc/util-macros-1.1.0)
> [blocks B     ] <=x11-base/xorg- x11-6.9 (is blocking 
> x11-libs/libX11-1.0.3)
> [blocks B     ] <=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9 (is blocking 
> x11-proto/xextproto-7.0.2)
> [blocks B     ] <=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9 (is blocking 
> x11-proto/xf86bigfontproto-1.1.2 )
> [blocks B     ] <=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9 (is blocking 
> x11-proto/inputproto-1.3.2)
> [blocks B     ] <=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9 (is blocking 
> x11-proto/xproto-7.0.7)
> [blocks B     ] <=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9 (is blocking x11-libs/libXau- 
> 1.0.2)
> [blocks B     ] <=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9 (is blocking 
> x11-proto/bigreqsproto-1.0.2)
>  
> There are more in the x11 catagory that I left out..
>  
> If I try to upgrade x11 I get the same "blocked" message.
> I tried adding x11-base/xorg-x11* to /etc/portage/package.keywords but 
> it errored out.
> How do I get past this?
> thanks
My guess is your upgrading from the monolithic xorg-x11 installation to 
the new modular one in which case you will have to uninstall  xorg-x11 
first and then reinstall the new modular one.

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml

Paul H.




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