Bug 235493

Summary:	[blocks B ] <app-arch/p7zip-4.57 (is blocking app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.6) will not get resolved automatically
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Bodo Thiesen <bothie>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	minor	CC:	esigra
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=1#doc_chap4_sect2
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Bodo Thiesen 2008-08-22 23:18:33 UTC

Dependency which could easily be automatically satisfied blocks.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
# emerge -av libpng
[...]
[ebuild  N    ] app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.6  USE="-nocxx" 0 kB 
[ebuild     U ] media-libs/libpng-1.2.27 [1.2.18-r1] USE="(-doc%*)" 520 kB 
[blocks B     ] <app-arch/p7zip-4.57 (is blocking app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.6)
[...]
# emerge -av p7zip
[...]
[ebuild     U ] app-arch/p7zip-4.57 [4.48] USE="doc -static" 0 kB 
[...]
Actual Results:  
<app-arch/p7zip-4.57 blocks app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.6

Expected Results:  
app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.6 caused app-arch/p7zip to update to <app-arch/p7zip-4.57

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-08-23 01:01:57 UTC

How?

Comment 2 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-08-23 11:41:01 UTC

A shortcomming of Portage and future versions hopefully deal transparently with these inevitable blockers. This blocker is required and not a bug.