gentoo x86 users - blocked package issue

[mbentley]

so i have run into a blocked package issue and i was wondering if anyone else running gentoo x86 had seen when trying to update:

root@delltop:~# emerge -puND world

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild     U ] sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.9 [1.41.3-r1]
[ebuild     U ] sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1 [2.14.2] USE="perl%*"
[ebuild     U ] sys-fs/udev-146-r1 [141] USE="devfs-compat%* -extras%"
[ebuild     U ] sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.9 [1.41.3-r1]
[blocks b     ] <sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.8 ("<sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.8" is blocking sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.9, sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1)
[ebuild     U ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 [0.5.12_rc1-r8]
[ebuild     U ] app-misc/hal-info-20090716 [20090414]
[blocks B     ] sys-fs/device-mapper ("sys-fs/device-mapper" is blocking sys-fs/udev-146-r1)

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

  ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-fs/udev-146-r1', 'merge') pulled in by
    >=sys-fs/udev-117 required by ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2', 'merge')
    sys-fs/udev required by ('installed', '/', 'sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r8', 'nomerge')
    >=sys-fs/udev-124 required by ('installed', '/', 'sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2', 'nomerge')
    (and 1 more)

  ('installed', '/', 'sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.24-r1', 'nomerge') pulled in by
    >=sys-fs/device-mapper-1.00.07-r1 required by ('installed', '/', 'sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2', 'nomerge')


For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked

it seems to me that these are pretty basic packages that many people would have on their systems so i surprises me that such a mess was allowed to be introduced to x86 stable. i waited a few days to see if they would catch it immediately and resolve it but it seems that they haven't yet after 3 days.

i don't really have much in my package.keywords that would introduce this as far as i can tell:

### random packages
media-libs/win32codecs ~x86
net-p2p/frostwire ~x86
media-sound/timidity-freepats ~x86
=media-gfx/imagemagick-6.5.4.10 ~x86


### pidgin
net-im/pidgin ~x86
#=net-libs/farsight2-0.0.14 ~x86
#=net-libs/libnice-0.0.9 ~x86
#=media-libs/gst-plugins-bad-0.10.13 ~x86

 

[mbentley]

ah, knew i should have searched over at the gentoo forums...
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-801954-highlight-sysfs+devicemapper.html

emerging device-mapper (emerge -C sys-fs/device-mapper) did the trick. turns out device-mapper merged with lvm2 upstream so it was something that should have been done anway.

 

[MRD]

Just had this yesterday... and did just that, emerge -C device-mapper.

I tend to unmerge willy-nilly when there are blocks.

 

[mbentley]

yeah, normally i'd probably try removing the package but i figured it was something important. i didn't realize that there was a replacement for it.