From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wlym.com (wlym.com [208.79.16.96]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1975410A9B for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:02:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-110-105.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.110.105]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m9K23GLn012683 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:03:17 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m9K23DRS010363 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:03:16 -0400 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.2/8.13.7/Submit) id m9K23Cug010362; Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:03:12 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18683.59104.623498.227345@ccs.covici.com> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:03:12 -0400 From: John covici To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: New kernel problems In-Reply-To: References: <20081019205248.GA3626@linux1> <20081019221353.GA4052@linux1> X-Mailer: VM ?bug? under Emacs 23.0.60.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: covici@ccs.covici.com, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:02:17 -0000 OK, I guess you have not updated gentoo for a long time, either. I had the same portage problem as you, but solved it by emerging it with --nodeps and then bash was able to be emerged by hand, then I re emerged portage in case there were any dependencies and then I continued with my --update --deep --with-bdeps=y which you should certainly do at this point. The newest portage (if you are running unstable) automagically takes care of some of these blocks. Hope this helps. on Sunday 10/19/2008 Jayson Smith(jaybird@bluegrasspals.com) wrote > Okay... This has gone from a simple kernel upgrade to a ridiculous fiasco, > all to get a new kernel running! This really belongs on the Gentoo list, but > I'm just frustrated and need answers. > > Okay, so it seems I didn't have module-init-tools installed. > Module-init-tools requires, among other things, coreutils. Coreutils comes > down in a format which Portage doesn't recognize. Upgrade Portage, right? > Well, not quite that easy. It seems my current Portage is blocking a newer > version of Bash which the new Portage wants. So, I'm at a standstill, where > I can't upgrade Portage because of a block with my current Portage, which I > won't even be using any more by the time the blocked package will be > installed! Sheesh! Help! -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com