linux.gentoo.user

On Monday 17 March 2008, brullo nulla wrote:
> > What output do you get from 'revdep-rebuild -p -i' ?
>
> Here it is:
>
> Evaluating package order...
> Warning: Failed to resolve package order.
> Will merge in "random" order!
> Possible reasons:
> - An ebuild is no longer in the portage tree.
> - An ebuild is masked, use /etc/portage/packages.keyword
> and/or /etc/portage/package.unmask to unmask it
> ..... done.
> (/root/.revdep-rebuild.5_order)



Hmmm. I seem to recall the expat upgrade being similar for me too.
Unless you receive good advice to the contrary, you could try doing
what I eventually did:

emerge -avuND world
then
emerge --skipfirst --resume
as many times as needed to get to the end. Mask and unmask stuff
manually as required. Eventually it all ends :-) and you are left with
a consistent system. The final test is to run:

emerge -avuND world
emerge -av --depclean
revdep-rebuild -p -i

and all three should result in nothing to do.

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Alan McKinnon
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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