Why this behaveior? isn't this why there is the BLOCK thing? shouldn't xine-lib block the older versions so you can unmerge it b4 you start the emerge and go to sleep >>> emerge (2 of 12) media-libs/xine-lib-1_beta12 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) xine-lib-1-beta12.tar.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking xine-lib-1-beta12.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/xine-lib-1_beta12/work >>> Source unpacked. * Please uninstall older xine libraries. * The compilation cannot proceed. !!! ERROR: media-libs/xine-lib-1_beta12 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 54, Exitcode 0 !!! (no error message) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
DEPEND="!<media-libs/xine-lib.${PV}" Should work.
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