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Gentoo: avahi and mDNSResponder blocking each other [fixed]

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When updating my gentoo box, I kept running into: 

[blocks B     ] net-dns/avahi (is blocking net-misc/mDNSResponder-107.6-r5)
[blocks B     ] net-misc/mDNSResponder (is blocking net-dns/avahi-0.6.22-r1)

Suggested solution

After I posted this, an Anonymous visitor has kindly suggested that emerging kdelibs with the avahi use flag is sufficient, and this was seconded by another Anonyjuicer. Great stuff!. 

echo "kde-base/kdelibs avahi" >> /etc/portage/package.use
emerge -pv kdelibs
emerge kdelibs

Original workaround

If the above doesn't work for you, you might like to retrace my original steps:

To solve/fix/workaround this, add this to /etc/portage/package.mask 

net-misc/mDNSResponder

And use the bindist use flag in /etc/portage/package.use for kde-base/kdelibs: 

kde-base/kdelibs bindist

This will disallow installation / upgrading of net-misc/mDNSResponder, and cause us to use the binary distribution (not compile from source), for kdelibs. While I don't approve of bindist, philosophically, it works in this instance.

emerge kdelibs with avahi

emerge kdelibs with avahi USE flag is the right way i think

  • By Anonyjuicer at 08/16/2008 - 08:50
  • reply

emerge kdelibs with avahi \o/

Thanks! That solved my problem!

[code]
echo "kde-base/kdelibs avahi" >> /etc/portage/package.use
emerge -pv kdelibs
emerge kdelibs
[/code]

  • By Anonyjuicer at 10/04/2008 - 18:32
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