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Bug 79

Summary: circular dependencies
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: cami
Component: [OLD] Core systemAssignee: Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) <drobbins>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: blocker    
Priority: High    
Version: 1.0 RC6 r14   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
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Description cami 2002-01-08 04:27:37 UTC
Using >=sys-apps/baselayout-1.6.7
Using >=sys-apps/portage-1.6.10
Using ~sys-devel/binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3
Using =sys-devel/gcc-2.95.3-r5
Using sys-devel/gettext
Using ~sys-libs/glibc-2.2.4
Calculating dependencies... done!
!!! Error: circular dependencies

[....]

it continues to build the packages untill this point:

>>> original instance of package unmerged safely
>>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache
>>> sys-devel/gcc-2.95.3-r5 merged.

* Regenerating GNU info directory index...
* Processed 1 info files.
Calculating dependencies... done!
!!! Error: circular dependencies

and then it dies.. i have tried this about 5 times today
and it is not working.. last night it was working perfectly..
i am creating the filesystem using ReiserFS, mounting the
drive with -o notail, and following the documentation step
by step.. as i mentioned, last night following the same
documentation step by step, i installed it perfectly a
number of times yesterday..

this happens regardless if i change the default mirror from
ibiblio to another mirror..

any ideas?
Comment 1 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-01-08 13:21:21 UTC
fixed.  An invalid package.mask entry (gbevin?) caused the circular dep.  do
another "emerge rsync" and this should start working again.