2.10 failed dependency

[Chuck Robey]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:

> > > > --->  Skipping 'x11/gnome2' (gnome2-2.8.3_1) because a requisite package
> > > > 'nautilus-media-0.8.1_1' (multimedia/nautilus-media) failed (specify -k to
> > > > force)
> > > >         * lang/python (python-2.4)
> > > >         * misc/gnomehier (gnomehier-2.0_5)
> > > >         ! multimedia/nautilus-media (nautilus-media-0.8.1_1)    (invalid
> > > > package name)
> > > >         * x11/gnome2 (gnome2-2.8.3_1)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Trouble is, my cvs tells me there ain't no such thing as a
> > > > multimedia/nautilus-media, not even anything close.  The directory is
> > > > there, it's empty save for the CVS subdir, which looks itself fine
> > > > (although it's fatally empty).
> > > >
> > > > Anyone got any hints on this one?
> > >
> > > gnome_upgrade.sh mentions this port by name before it begins the
> > > upgrade.  Nautilus-media is gone in GNOME 2.10.  You can either remove
> > > it manually, or let pkgdb -Ff do it for you.
> >
> > Got it, Joe, fixed.  Next on the list, gnome_update is complainig about a
> > fairly length list of items that are "stale dependencies".  I haven't got
> > even the vaguest idea what to do here: keepthem get rid of them, or
> > (assuming I even knew what to do), HOW to do it.  Complete and total blank
> > here.  Help!  I don't even have a vague idea of where to go looking for
> > help, and temporarily, the gnome upgrade script has for some reason
> > tromped on my mozilla , so I can't even google it.
>
> In general, you can skip stale dependencies once the upgrade has
> started.  Once it completes, you should run pkgdb -Ff to resolve any
> stale dependencies at that point.

OK, do it once, I will be able to extend the logic.  I meant what I said
about not having a clue, so drop me a clue here.  Here is the first
dependency, explain how to handle it precisely (no buzzwords, if I have to
press "2" say that, not the function that it obtains, 'cause I really
don't understand it).  OK, here's the single example, handle it please:

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Stale dependency: gnome2-2.8.3_1 -> gstreamer-plugins-gnomevfs-0.8.8_1
(devel/gstreamer-plugins-gnomevfs):
gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.8.3_2 (score:55%) ? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [no] New
dependency? (? to help):
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