Portage Errors: sys-apps/sysvinit is blocking sys-apps/util-linux
If you encounter a block error for util-linux from sysvinit:
[blocks B ] <sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r3 ("<sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r3" is blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.20.1-r1)
Update both independently rather than as dependencies:
# emerge --update sysvinit util-linux
If you then encounter a block error from e2fsprogs:
[blocks B ] <sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.8 ("<sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.8" is blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.20.1-r1) [blocks B ] <sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.8 ("<sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.8" is blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.20.1-r1)
Just add it to the party:
# emerge --update e2fsprogs sysvinit util-linux
Comments
This solved my issue. Merci
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Thanks. This was just what I was looking for. Portage errors are quite indecipherable to the uninitiated.
Thanks a lot for this post! ;)