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> > When I run emerge --update now it will install new packages, but always |
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> > dies when it tries to remove shorewall. How can I clean this up? |
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>Have a look at the ebuild with a text editor |
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>at /var/db/pkg/net-firewall/shorewall-1.4.7c/shorewall-1.4.7c.ebuild. You'll |
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>probably find that a quote is missing from a DEPEND string and that there's a |
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>Ctrl-A character in it's place. |
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>If that is the case, running /usr/lib/portage/bin/fixvardbentries should fix |
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>the corruption in that ebuild and probably other ebuilds too. |
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>Regards, |
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>Jason Stubbs |
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Spot on!! There indeed was a Ctrl-A there. fixvardbentires "fixed" it and |
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I successfully unmerged the old shorewall. Thank you. This is a good |
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little trick to remember. |
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--Karl |
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