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Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. posted <200412021300.37858.bss03@××××××××××.com>, |
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excerpted below, on Thu, 02 Dec 2004 13:00:37 -0600: |
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> On Thursday 02 December 2004 12:42 pm, "Chris Barker" |
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> <Chris.Barker@××××.gov> wrote: |
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>> /usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh: |
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>> /var/db/pkg/net-firewall/shorewall-1.4.7c/shorew all-1.4.7c.ebuild: |
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>> line 31: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"' |
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>> /usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh: |
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>> /var/db/pkg/net-firewall/shorewall-1.4.7c/shorew all-1.4.7c.ebuild: |
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>> line 33: syntax error: unexpected end of file |
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> Hmm, I'm not sure what the "correct" way to handle this is. However, I'd |
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> probably just inspect that file manually. It appears to be missing a " |
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> around lines 30-35. If you can put it in that should solve your problems. |
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> If the file is trash or you can't find a solution, try replacing that file |
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> with the one of the same name from /usr/portage/net-firewall/shorewall/ |
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I expect this is the old ^A (I think it was) problem. For some reason, |
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something at one point was screwing up the stored ebuilds used to unmerge |
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currently merged packages. (I don't remember if I ever knew why and it |
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doesn't matter except that it's been fixed now.) Terminating quotes were |
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turning into ^A, and portage was of course having difficulties unmerging |
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the affected packages. |
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The solution is just as you said -- go manually correct the file, or move |
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the current copy (assuming it still exists in the normal portage tree) |
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over the defective one. No big deal, except that it caused and continues |
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to cause repeated duplicate bugs on a problem long since fixed, as people |
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turn up more packages affected by the problem when they try to unmerge |
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them. |
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(I'm guessing the original problem must have occurred about this time last |
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year, as I only saw discussion of the by then fixed problem, with many |
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developers getting a bit irritated at having to repeat themselves so |
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many times, in the groups/lists, by the time I got around to switching |
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from Mandrake to Gentoo, this past spring.) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little |
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temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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