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Bug 904473

Summary: x11-misc/polybar Depends on masked i3gaps
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: gentoo
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Description gentoo 2023-04-17 14:07:35 UTC
It's not possible to upgrade to the latest i3wm (where i3gaps has been masked) if polybar is also installed on the system.


[blocks B      ] x11-wm/i3 ("x11-wm/i3" is soft blocking x11-wm/i3-gaps-4.21.1)

 * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
 * installed at the same time on the same system.

  (x11-wm/i3-4.22:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    x11-wm/i3 required by (x11-misc/polybar-3.6.3-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE="alsa i3wm ipc mpd network pulseaudio -curl -doc" ABI_X86="(64)" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_10 -python3_11 -python3_8 -python3_9"

  (x11-wm/i3-gaps-4.21.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
    x11-wm/i3-gaps required by @selected 


I believe this should be a case of removing the dep from the polybar package.
Comment 1 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2023-04-18 10:29:44 UTC
>  (x11-wm/i3-gaps-4.21.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
>    x11-wm/i3-gaps required by @selected 

No, you need to emerge --deselect i3-gaps.