On Sun, 2010-01-10 at 15:41 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-01-10 at 13:48 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> > On 10-01-2010 12:39:31 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2010-01-09 at 16:36 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> > > > On 09-01-2010 16:09:21 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> > > > > > I also still need to put ...
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > mysettings["EPREFIX"]  = EPREFIX.rstrip(os.path.sep)
> > > > > 
> > > > > Ok, I added that back.
> > > > 
> > > > I fixed the backtrace (hopefully) too.  Can you try 2.2.00.15184?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I get this now when EPREFIX is ""
> > > 
> > >   File "/j/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage/__init__.py", line 1178, in
> > > dolinkingstuff
> > >     if "CHOST" in env and "CBUILD" in env and \
> > > TypeError: argument of type 'module' is not iterable
> > 
> > can you try the attached patch?
> > 
> > 
> 
> That fixes that problem, but when I update net-misc/neon from 0.29.1 to
> 0.29.2 I'm getting this, but the files it's complaining about don't
> exist.
> 
> >>> Installing (1 of 1) net-misc/neon-0.29.2
>  * This package will overwrite one or more files that may belong to
> other
>  * packages (see list below). You can use a command such as `portageq
>  * owners / <filename>` to identify the installed package that owns a
>  * file. If portageq reports that only one package owns a file then do
>  * NOT file a bug report. A bug report is only useful if it identifies
> at
>  * least two or more packages that are known to install the same
> file(s).
>  * If a collision occurs and you can not explain where the file came
> from
>  * then you should simply ignore the collision since there is not enough
>  * information to determine if a real problem exists. Please do NOT file
>  * a bug report at http://bugs.gentoo.org unless you report exactly
> which
>  * two packages install the same file(s). Once again, please do NOT file
>  * a bug report unless you have completely understood the above message.
>  * 
>  * package net-misc/neon-0.29.2 NOT merged
>  * 
>  * Detected file collision(s):
>  * 
>  * 	/usr/share/doc/neon-0.29.2/BUGS.bz2
>  * 	/usr/share/doc/neon-0.29.2/TODO.bz2
>  * 	/usr/share/doc/neon-0.29.2/AUTHORS.bz2
>  * 	/usr/share/doc/neon-0.29.2/NEWS.bz2
>  * 	/usr/share/doc/neon-0.29.2/README.bz2
>  * 	/usr/share/doc/neon-0.29.2/THANKS.bz2
>  * 
>  * Searching all installed packages for file collisions...
>  * 
>  * Press Ctrl-C to Stop
>  * 
>  * None of the installed packages claim the file(s).
>  * 
>  * Package 'net-misc/neon-0.29.2' NOT merged due to file collisions. If
>  * necessary, refer to your elog messages for the whole content of the
>  * above message.
> 
Yikes, actually they do exist.

How did that happen. ??

Maybe part of the install process pushed them straight to / instead
of /var/tmp/portage/net-misc/neon/...

Alan.