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

[Jason Calabrese]

I saw this yesterday, I think it might be a bug in the ebuild.

I just unmerged mythfrontend (emerge -C mythfrontend) then re emerged it.  

On Monday 26 January 2004 06:31 pm, 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?