After unmasking and "emerge -auDN" : These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! 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x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2) [ebuild U ] x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2 [4.5.1] [blocks b ] <x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2 ("<x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2" is blocking x11-libs/qt-assistant-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-test-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-svg-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.2) [ebuild U ] x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2 [4.5.1] [blocks b ] <x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2 ("<x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2" is blocking x11-libs/qt-assistant-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-test-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-svg-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2) [ebuild U ] x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.2 [4.5.1] [blocks b ] <x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.2 ("<x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.2" is blocking x11-libs/qt-assistant-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-test-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-svg-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2) [ebuild U ] x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.2 [4.5.1-r2] USE="gtk%*" [blocks b ] <x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.2 ("<x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.2" is blocking x11-libs/qt-assistant-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-test-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-svg-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2) [ebuild U ] x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.2 [4.5.1] [blocks b ] <x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.2 ("<x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.2" is blocking x11-libs/qt-assistant-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-test-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-svg-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2) [ebuild U ] x11-libs/qt-svg-4.5.2 [4.5.1-r1] [blocks b ] <x11-libs/qt-svg-4.5.2 ("<x11-libs/qt-svg-4.5.2" is blocking x11-libs/qt-assistant-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-test-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2) [ebuild U ] x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.5.2 [4.5.1] [blocks b ] <x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.5.2 ("<x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.5.2" is blocking x11-libs/qt-assistant-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-test-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-svg-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2) [ebuild U ] x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.2 [4.5.1] [blocks b ] 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x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.1-r2, x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.1) [blocks b ] >x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.1-r9999 (">x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.1-r9999" is blocking x11-libs/qt-assistant-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-svg-4.5.1-r1, x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-test-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.1-r2, x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.1) [blocks b ] <x11-libs/qt-assistant-4.5.2 ("<x11-libs/qt-assistant-4.5.2" is blocking x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-test-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-svg-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.2, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.2) [blocks b ] >x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.1-r9999 (">x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.1-r9999" is 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(ADDENDUM to comment #0) $ emerge --info Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.3, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.27-gentoo-r10 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r10-x86_64-AMD_Phenom-tm-_9950_Quad-Core_Processor-with-glibc2.2.5 Timestamp of tree: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:15:02 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p39 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.7 dev-lang/python: 2.5.4-r2 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.12 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/lib64/fax /usr/share/config /var/lib/hsqldb /var/spool/fax/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo " LANG="de_DE.UTF8" LC_ALL="de_DE.UTF8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="de" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/Storage-B/Portage_tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/local-overlay" SYNC="rsync://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl acpi alsa amd64 apache2 bash-completion berkdb branding bzip2 cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus doc dri dvb dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo examples fam fax ffmpeg firefox firefox3 flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gimp gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk hal hbci htmlhandbook iconv ipv6 isdnlog jadetex java jce jpeg kde ldap libnotify lm_sensors mad maildir mbox midi mikmod mmx mng mp3 mpeg mudflap multilib mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl pmu png ppds pppd python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection samba sasl scanner sdl session spell spl sse sse2 sse3 sse4.1 sse4.2 sse4a sse5 ssl startup-notification svg sysfs tcpd theora tiff truetype unicode usb v4l v4l2 vorbis webkit xcomposite xml xorg xulrunner xv zlib zvbi" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" FRITZCAPI_CARDS="fcpci" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de" MISDN_CARDS="avmfritz" SANE_BACKENDS="hp" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Those are soft blocks that portage will automatically solve.
(In reply to comment #2) > Those are soft blocks that portage will automatically solve. In my case, unfortunately not - c.f. below. Moreover, do you really think this should be considered as 'the' normal behaviour to the end-user ? Perhaps, the title of this bug has to be changed to something including "sip". If I can assist with any more information / other assistance, please let me know. ################### !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: dev-python/sip:0 ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/sip-4.7.9', 'merge') pulled in by ~dev-python/sip-4.7.9 required by ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/PyQt4-4.4.4-r5', 'merge') (and 1 more) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/sip-4.8.1', 'merge') pulled in by >=dev-python/sip-4.8 required by ('installed', '/', 'dev-python/PyQt4-4.5', 'nomerge') (and 1 more) dev-python/PyQt4:0 ('installed', '/', 'dev-python/PyQt4-4.5', 'nomerge') pulled in by >=dev-python/PyQt4-4.5_pre1[dbus,svg,webkit,X] required by ('installed', '/', 'kde-base/pykde4-4.2.4-r2', 'nomerge') (and 3 more) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/PyQt4-4.4.4-r5', 'merge') pulled in by dev-python/PyQt4[X] required by ('installed', '/', 'net-print/hplip-3.9.4b-r1', 'nomerge') >=dev-python/PyQt4-4.4.0[X] required by ('installed', '/', 'kde-base/plasma-workspace-4.2.4', 'nomerge') >=dev-python/PyQt4-4.4.4-r1[X,svg] required by ('installed', '/', 'kde-base/marble-4.2.4', 'nomerge') Explanation: New USE for 'dev-python/PyQt4:0' are incorrectly set. In order to solve this, adjust USE to satisfy '>=dev- python/PyQt4-4.5_pre1[dbus,svg,webkit,X]'. It may be possible to solve this problem by using package.mask to prevent one of those packages from being selected. However, it is also possible that conflicting dependencies exist such that they are impossible to satisfy simultaneously. If such a conflict exists in the dependencies of two different packages, then those packages can not be installed simultaneously. For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #2) > > Those are soft blocks that portage will automatically solve. > > In my case, unfortunately not - c.f. below. > > Moreover, do you really think this should be considered as 'the' normal > behaviour to the end-user ? You have misunderstood your issue. This has nothing to do with qt, as those soft blocks will indeed be solved by portage. And that is the normal behaviour, as this way we enforce all qt modules will be of the same version (as mixed versions will lead to bugs). > Perhaps, the title of this bug has to be changed to something including "sip". Indeed, you problem is that you get multiple PyQt4 and sip versions being pulled, because of wrong useflag settings. > !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled > !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: > > dev-python/sip:0 > > ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/sip-4.7.9', 'merge') pulled in by > ~dev-python/sip-4.7.9 required by ('ebuild', '/', > 'dev-python/PyQt4-4.4.4-r5', 'merge') > (and 1 more) > > ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/sip-4.8.1', 'merge') pulled in by > >=dev-python/sip-4.8 required by ('installed', '/', 'dev-python/PyQt4-4.5', > 'nomerge') > (and 1 more) > > dev-python/PyQt4:0 > > ('installed', '/', 'dev-python/PyQt4-4.5', 'nomerge') pulled in by > >=dev-python/PyQt4-4.5_pre1[dbus,svg,webkit,X] required by ('installed', > '/', 'kde-base/pykde4-4.2.4-r2', 'nomerge') > (and 3 more) > > ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/PyQt4-4.4.4-r5', 'merge') pulled in by > dev-python/PyQt4[X] required by ('installed', '/', > 'net-print/hplip-3.9.4b-r1', 'nomerge') > >=dev-python/PyQt4-4.4.0[X] required by ('installed', '/', > 'kde-base/plasma-workspace-4.2.4', 'nomerge') > >=dev-python/PyQt4-4.4.4-r1[X,svg] required by ('installed', '/', > 'kde-base/marble-4.2.4', 'nomerge') > > Explanation: > > New USE for 'dev-python/PyQt4:0' are incorrectly set. In order to > solve this, adjust USE to satisfy '>=dev- > python/PyQt4-4.5_pre1[dbus,svg,webkit,X]'. The explanation says it all. Follow those instructions (that is, enable the dbus, svg, webkit and X useflags for PyQt4) and you should be fine.
(In reply to comment #4) > (In reply to comment #3) > > (In reply to comment #2) > The explanation says it all. Follow those instructions (that is, enable the > dbus, svg, webkit and X useflags for PyQt4) and you should be fine. ALL of these ARE enabled - c.f. "USE=" in my "emerge --info" in ADDENDUM #1.
That is curious. Can you add the -v flag and give us the output of emerge -puvDN world?
(In reply to comment #6) > That is curious. Can you add the -v flag and give us the output of emerge > -puvDN world? SURE, you're welcome: ####################################################### # emerge -pvuDN world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! 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x11-libs/qt-assistant-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-svg-4.5.1-r1, x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-test-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.1-r2, x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.5.1) [ebuild UD] dev-python/PyQt4-4.4.4-r5 [4.5] USE="X dbus doc examples kde opengl svg webkit -assistant -debug -phonon -sql -xmlpatterns" 6,819 kB [ebuild U ] x11-libs/qt-4.5.2 [4.5.1] USE="dbus kde opengl qt3support" 0 kB Total: 18 packages (16 upgrades, 2 downgrades), Size of downloads: 132,845 kB Conflict: 23 blocks !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: dev-python/sip:0 ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/sip-4.7.9', 'merge') pulled in by ~dev-python/sip-4.7.9 required by ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/PyQt4-4.4.4-r5', 'merge') (and 1 more) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/sip-4.8.1', 'merge') pulled in by >=dev-python/sip-4.8 required by ('installed', '/', 'dev-python/PyQt4-4.5', 'nomerge') (and 1 more) dev-python/PyQt4:0 ('installed', '/', 'dev-python/PyQt4-4.5', 'nomerge') pulled in by >=dev-python/PyQt4-4.5_pre1[dbus,svg,webkit,X] required by ('installed', '/', 'kde-base/pykde4-4.2.4-r2', 'nomerge') (and 3 more) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/PyQt4-4.4.4-r5', 'merge') pulled in by dev-python/PyQt4[X] required by ('installed', '/', 'net-print/hplip-3.9.4b-r1', 'nomerge') >=dev-python/PyQt4-4.4.0[X] required by ('installed', '/', 'kde-base/plasma-workspace-4.2.4', 'nomerge') >=dev-python/PyQt4-4.4.4-r1[X,svg] required by ('installed', '/', 'kde-base/marble-4.2.4', 'nomerge') Explanation: New USE for 'dev-python/PyQt4:0' are incorrectly set. In order to solve this, adjust USE to satisfy '>=dev- python/PyQt4-4.5_pre1[dbus,svg,webkit,X]'. It may be possible to solve this problem by using package.mask to prevent one of those packages from being selected. However, it is also possible that conflicting dependencies exist such that they are impossible to satisfy simultaneously. If such a conflict exists in the dependencies of two different packages, then those packages can not be installed simultaneously. For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. #
That is really curious. What do you get with emerge -av '=PyQt4-4.5.1' ?
Have you unmasked >=PyQt4-4.5? (i.e. is 4.5.1 unmasked?)
(In reply to comment #9) > Have you unmasked >=PyQt4-4.5? (i.e. is 4.5.1 unmasked?) It seems that during updating the un-mask entries, I missed a tiny difference: the newly introduced third (secondary minor) version number: Was: <=dev-python/sip-4.8.99-r99 ~amd64 # <=dev-python/PyQt4-4.5-r99 ~amd64 Needed: # 4.5.1 Changed it to: <=dev-python/PyQt4-4.5.99-r99 ~amd64 Now I still get pages of soft-blocks, but the emerge succeeds. Seems I was a bit blocked to realize myself because of lack of sleep (nursing case) ... @ BEN , @ DAVIDE : Thanks a lot! Closing as FIXED.
I think INVALID would be more appropriate.
(In reply to comment #11) > I think INVALID would be more appropriate. ... okay - how do I change that now without re-opening / closing the bug (mails) ?
