[GLLUG] Gentoo emerge error

[Matt Graham]

On Tuesday 22 February 2005 09:07, after a long battle with technology, 
Brian Hoort wrote:
> In trying to fix it, I'm trying an "# emerge --sync && emerge
> --update world --deep --newuse".  I get the following error:
>
> !!! Error: the sys-apps/sysvinit package conflicts with another
> package. Both can't be installed on the same system
> together. Please use 'emerge --pretend' to determine
> blockers.

> [blocks B     ] sys-apps/sysvinit (from pkg
> sys-apps/baselayout-1.9.4-r6)
>
> Great.  So what do I do about it?

"emerge -C sysvinit" .  There's no reason to have that package on your 
Gentoo system.

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