Gentoo: setarch blocking util-linux upon emerge -uD world?

You might have noticed that setarch blocks util-linux on a recent “emerge -uD world” update.

[blocks B ] sys-apps/setarch (is blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.13-r2)

!!! Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be installed
!!! at the same time on the same system.

util-linux-2.13 now includes setarch, so setarch is redundant and can be safely unmerged.

emerge -Cav setarch
emerge -uDav world

See this forum thread and this bug for more information.

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2 Responses to “Gentoo: setarch blocking util-linux upon emerge -uD world?”


  1. 1 Toi

    Thank you!
    This post was very helpful to me!

  2. 2 AJoe

    Thanks! Just what I needed!

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