Comments on: ss, com_err, e2fsprogs-libs blocking

By: Dusty

Dusty — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:24:38 +0000

Fresh install of 2008 still broken..
need step 1-7

By: David

David — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:34:47 +0000

Steps 4-7 should no longer be necessary. All of the dependencies have now been fixed.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:33:48 +0000

Check out https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234907, but the safest approach is:

1. emerge -NuDav –fetchonly world
2. emerge -C ss com_err e2fsprogs
3. emerge -NuDav –nodeps e2fsprogs-libs e2fsprogs
4. echo “sys-libs/com_err” >>/etc/portage/package.mask
5. echo “sys-libs/ss” >>/etc/portage/package.mask
6. echo “sys-libs/com_err-1.40.11″ >>/etc/portage/profile/package.provided
7. echo “sys-libs/ss-1.40.11″ >>/etc/portage/profile/package.provided

By: Piet

Piet — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:23:52 +0000

Did the trick for me too — but I emerged –fetchonly first

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:51:25 +0000

I must be very lucky then. I unmerged com_err, ss, e2fsprogs and upgraded to e2fsprogs-libs with no breakage.

To be safe then it’s best to fetch first then unmerge the blocking packages.

By: Pegote

Pegote — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:29:23 +0000

Mind you that removing com_err will cause several damages to your system, like the imposibility to use wget (and actually be able to download any package that must be emerged….)
Cheers