[mythtv-users] gentoo install: mythtv and mythfrontend block each other

[Jeremy Hanmer]

mythfrontend is a standalone package that you install on a lone frontend
machine.  Remove that (the R means it's already installed) and install
the mythtv package.

On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 18:31, Omer Shenker wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm rebuilding my myth box from scratch with gentoo. I've got up to 
> having mysql and qt installed. I've even emerged mythdvd, mythgallery, 
> mythgame, mythmusic, mythnews, mythvideo, mythweather, and 
> mythtv-themes. But...
> 
> helium portage # emerge -pv mythtv
> 
> These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
> 
> Calculating dependencies ...done!
> [blocks B     ] media-tv/mythfrontend (from pkg media-tv/mythtv-0.13-r1)
> [ebuild   R   ] media-tv/mythtv-0.13-r1  -alsa -lcd +lirc -nvidia
> 
> helium portage # emerge -pv mythfrontend
> 
> These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
> 
> Calculating dependencies ...done!
> [blocks B     ] media-tv/mythtv (from pkg media-tv/mythfrontend-0.13)
> [ebuild   R   ] media-tv/mythfrontend-0.13  -alsa -lcd +lirc -nvidia
> 
> So it seems to me that neither is installed yet they both are blocking 
> on the other. My understanding from the Gentoo Handbook is that 'X 
> blocks on Y' means unmerge Y before you can emerge X, but in this case Y 
> was never emerged.
> 
> (Yes, I've done a recent emerge sync.) Any experienced gentoo users know 
> what's going on?
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