Returning to my PC after starting a routine emerge -e world, I discovered this message on the console: >>> Original instance of package unmerged safely. * If you're using a USB printer, "emerge coldplug; rc-update add * coldplug boot" is something you should probably do. This * will allow any USB kernel modules (if present) to be loaded * automatically at boot. * * For more information about installing a printer take a look at: * http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/printing-howto.xml. !!! ERROR: net-print/cups-1.1.23-r8 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1520: Called pkg_postinst cups-1.1.23-r8.ebuild, line 172: Called built_with_use 'app-text/ghostscript-gpl' 'cups' eutils.eclass, line 1586: Called die !!! Unable to resolve app-text/ghostscript-gpl to an installed package !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. !!! FAILED postinst: 1 Running "emerge cups" reproduces the error (it's a remerge - cups is already installed and was working last time I tried it). "emerge -avt ghostscript-gpl" gives this: splig ~ # emerge -avt ghostscript-gpl These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies ... done! [blocks B ] app-text/ghostscript-esp (is blocking app-text/ghostscript-gpl-8.54) [ebuild N ] app-text/ghostscript-gpl-8.54 USE="X cjk cups -emacs -gtk -jpeg2k" 16,967 kB Total size of downloads: 16,967 kB !!! Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be installed !!! at the same time on the same system. I tried unmerging ghostscript-esp, thinking that if the cups ebuild was depending on the -gpl version it would reel it in automatically. No such luck. When I remerging cups again I got the same error as before. It was only when I manually merged ghostscript-gpl first that the build worked OK. This problem is similar to one I found in the forums: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-486764.html As far as I can tell, everything would be sorted out if the cups ebuild was modified to depend on virtual/ghostscript (or even app-text/ghostscript-gpl if that's the specific one it needs) rather than whatever weirdness it's got at the moment.
please emerge sync and try again, this bug has already been solved. Thanks
