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From: Karl Zander <gentoolist@××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-server] Emerge failing when removing old package
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 16:10:43
Message-Id: 5.1.0.14.2.20041103110428.07335be0@mail.commpartners.com
1 I updated to a newer version of the Shorewall firewall. The install went
2 fine. But when portage was cleaning up it failed to remove the old
3 version. It was an older version of Shorewall that had already been
4 removed from portage.
5
6 This is from emerge.log
7
8 1097088830: === (1 of 1) Cleaning
9 (sys-apps/man-1.5m-r2::/usr/portage/sys-apps/man/man-1.5m-r2.ebuild)
10 1097088832: === (1 of 1) Compiling/Merging
11 (sys-apps/man-1.5m-r2::/usr/portage/sys-apps/man/man-1.5m-r2.ebuild)
12 1097088882: === (1 of 1) Post-Build Cleaning
13 (sys-apps/man-1.5m-r2::/usr/portage/sys-apps/man/man-1.5m-r2.ebuild)
14 1097088883: >>> AUTOCLEAN: sys-apps/man
15 1097088888: === Unmerging... (sys-apps/man-1.5m-r1)
16 1097088891: >>> unmerge success: sys-apps/man-1.5m-r1
17 1097088892: ::: completed emerge (1 of 1) sys-apps/man-1.5m-r2 to /
18 1097088892: *** Finished. Cleaning up...
19 1097088901: === Unmerging... (net-firewall/shorewall-1.4.7c)
20 1097088902: *** terminating.
21
22 When I run emerge --update now it will install new packages, but always
23 dies when it tries to remove shorewall. How can I clean this up?
24
25 --Karl

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Re: [gentoo-server] Emerge failing when removing old package Joey McCoy <ixion@××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-server] Emerge failing when removing old package Andy Dustman <farcepest@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-server] Emerge failing when removing old package Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@××××××××××.jp>