268038 – If I do: "emerge gnome" it reports: Error: circular dependencies:

Bug 268038 - If I do: "emerge gnome" it reports: Error: circular dependencies:

Summary: If I do: "emerge gnome" it reports: Error: circular dependencies:

Status:	RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2009-04-30 20:46 UTC by Toby
Modified:	2009-05-02 08:49 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Toby 2009-04-30 20:46:04 UTC

# emerge -av gnome         

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!


[nomerge      ] gnome-base/gnome-2.24.1  USE="cups -accessibility -cdr -dvdr -esd -ldap -mono" 
[nomerge      ]  gnome-base/nautilus-2.24.2  USE="X gnome -beagle -debug -doc -tracker -xmp" 
[nomerge      ]   gnome-base/librsvg-2.22.3  USE="zlib -debug -doc" 
[nomerge      ]    x11-libs/gtk+-2.14.7-r2  USE="X cups -debug -doc -jpeg -jpeg2k -tiff -vim-syntax -xinerama" 
[ebuild  N    ]     net-print/cups-1.3.10-r1  USE="X acl avahi dbus pam perl python ssl -gnutls -java -jpeg -kerberos -ldap -php -png -ppds -samba -slp -static -tiff -xinetd -zeroconf" LINGUAS="-de -en -es -et -fr -he -id -it -ja -pl -sv -zh_TW" 
[ebuild  N    ]      net-dns/avahi-0.6.24-r2  USE="dbus gdbm gtk ipv6 python -autoipd -bookmarks -doc -howl-compat -mdnsresponder-compat -mono -qt3 -qt4 -test" 
[ebuild  N    ]       dev-python/pygtk-2.14.1  USE="X -doc -examples" 
[ebuild  N    ]        gnome-base/libglade-2.6.3  USE="-debug -doc" 
[ebuild  N    ]         x11-libs/gtk+-2.14.7-r2  USE="X cups -debug -doc -jpeg -jpeg2k -tiff -vim-syntax -xinerama" 

 * Error: circular dependencies:

('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/pygtk-2.14.1', 'merge') depends on
  ('ebuild', '/', 'gnome-base/libglade-2.6.3', 'merge') (runtime)
  ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/gtk+-2.14.7-r2', 'merge') (runtime)
('ebuild', '/', 'net-dns/avahi-0.6.24-r2', 'merge') depends on
  ('ebuild', '/', 'gnome-base/libglade-2.6.3', 'merge') (runtime)
  ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/pygtk-2.14.1', 'merge') (runtime)
  ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/gtk+-2.14.7-r2', 'merge') (runtime)
('ebuild', '/', 'net-print/cups-1.3.10-r1', 'merge') depends on
  ('ebuild', '/', 'net-dns/avahi-0.6.24-r2', 'merge') (runtime)
('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/gtk+-2.14.7-r2', 'merge') depends on
  ('ebuild', '/', 'net-print/cups-1.3.10-r1', 'merge') (runtime)
('ebuild', '/', 'gnome-base/libglade-2.6.3', 'merge') depends on
  ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/gtk+-2.14.7-r2', 'merge') (runtime)

 * Note that circular dependencies can often be avoided by temporarily
 * disabling USE flags that trigger optional dependencies.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge -av gnome

Comment 1 Sebastian Luther (few) 2009-04-30 21:03:14 UTC

Please try disabling the avahi useflag temporarily.