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"John P. Burkett" <burkett@×××.edu> posted 49FC9720.1010904@×××.edu, |
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excerpted below, on Sat, 02 May 2009 14:55:28 -0400: |
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> On a x86 machine running Linux version 2.6.20-gentoo-r6, I tried emerge |
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> texlive-latexextra. |
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> The response began with |
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> [Errno 7] Argument list too long: |
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> A related problem was discussed at |
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> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262647 Although that bug is |
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> classified as "fixed", I'm still stuck. Suggestions for emerging |
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> texlive-latexextra would be greatly appreciated. |
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Did you note the portage versions it says it's fixed in? Have you |
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updated portage to one of those versions? You didn't say so, and they |
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are new enough, it's worth asking. (I was going to mention that a new |
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portage version fixed a problem like that, but then noticed you already |
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had a bug URL posted for it. But you didn't specifically say you'd |
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already updated portage, only that you were still having the problem, |
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thus the question, given it's apparently a portage bug, not a texlive |
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bug.) |
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Meanwhile, you should be able to avoid the issue by manually downloading |
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the source file and placing it in distfiles, then running emerge. That |
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way, portage doesn't have to fetch it as it's already there, and the |
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length of the commandline to do so shouldn't matter. Note that for |
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certain fetch-restricted packages (normally proprietaryware that you have |
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to agree to the EULA on and/or purchase, before downloading) this is |
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required in any case, altho for that sort of package portage normally |
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spits out instructions, where it's not here as it's a bug. |
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-- |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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