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[blocks B ] sys-apps/coldplug (is blocking sys-fs/udev-104-r12)
[blocks B ] mail-mta/ssmtp (is blocking mail-mta/qmail-1.03-r16)
[blocks B ] >=sys-fs/udev-089 (is blocking sys-apps/coldplug-20040920-r1)
[blocks B ] mail-mta/qmail (is blocking mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61-r2)
I've run etc-update. I've run revdep-rebuild.
I've tried:
Code:
# emerge --unmerge udev
--- Couldn't find 'udev' to unmerge.
>>> No packages selected for removal by unmerge
# emerge --unmerge sys-fs/udev
--- Couldn't find 'sys-fs/udev' to unmerge.
>>> No packages selected for removal by unmerge
# emerge --unmerge ssmtp
--- Couldn't find 'ssmtp' to unmerge.
>>> No packages selected for removal by unmerge
How do I let my machine now that it is fact not blocked!? If the blocking packages are not on the system, what is it complaining about? Also, why does it let me emerge these these things in the first place? udev got on there as a dependency for something I think. I know on the install I emerged coldplug as per the manual with a genkernel setup. I also unmerged ssmtp to replace it with qmail, and emerged qmail with no complaints. This happens only when doing an update.
That's fine and all, I can unmerge coldplug and replace it with udev-104. I want qmail though. Also, there's a deeper issue with the machine report and non-existent package is blocking another package. It's this second issue I really need to solve.
My guess ... there is a package that is being updated that has ssmtp as a dependency ... since it wants to install ssmtp ... emerge is stating there is a problem since qmail is requested to be updated.
You need to find out what package is trying to install ssmtp
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