Bug 25949

Summary:	Initial emerge -u system from 1.4_rc4 iso fails
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	Doug Glenn <dglenn>
Component:	Alsa Configuration Guide	Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) <swift>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Doug Glenn 2003-08-05 04:58:00 UTC

Fails during step 13 of Gentoo installation
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml.

emerge -u system returns:
!!!Error: the <dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.05-r6 package conflicts with this
package and both can't be installed on the same system together.

I believe I can work around the issue and finish up, but it will stump a total
newcomer.

FYI

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2003-08-05 09:37:33 UTC

we need to make a note about cleaning up perl ...

seems many people dont understand the concept of a blocker

Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-08-28 10:23:24 UTC

These are one-time events. Explaining blocker might be a solution, but then in the FAQ. But then again, users don't read the FAQ (or so it seems). The problem now has almost disappeared, so I'm marking this as WONTFIX. I'm sure in the future a better possibility might exist (portage automatically handling blockers or whatever).