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From: Drake Donahue <donahue95@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] installing hal failing with file collision
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:10:56
Message-Id: 1240935020.4696.2.camel@oddman.donahues.us.
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] installing hal failing with file collision by Mansour Al Akeel
1 On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 12:52 -0300, Mansour Al Akeel wrote:
2 > I have been trying to install hal, but no luck. Everytime, I end up
3 > getting an error, and couldn't find enough information to resolve the issue:
4 >
5 > >>> Installing sys-apps/hal-0.5.11-r8
6 > * checking 171 files for package collisions
7 > * This package will overwrite one or more files that may belong to other
8 > * packages (see list below). You can use a command such as `portageq
9 > * owners / <filename>` to identify the installed package that owns a
10 > * file.
11
12 What does running
13 portageq owners / /usr/lib64/libhal.so.1.0.0
14 tell you?
15
16 > If portageq reports that only one package owns a file then do
17 > * NOT file a bug report. A bug report is only useful if it identifies at
18 > * least two or more packages that are known to install the same file(s).
19 > * If a collision occurs and you can not explain where the file came from
20 > * then you should simply ignore the collision since there is not enough
21 > * information to determine if a real problem exists. Please do NOT file
22 > * a bug report at http://bugs.gentoo.org unless you report exactly which
23 > * two packages install the same file(s). Once again, please do NOT file
24 > * a bug report unless you have completely understood the above message.
25 > *
26 > * Detected file collision(s):
27 > *
28 > * /usr/lib64/libhal.so.1.0.0
29 > * /usr/lib64/libhal.la
30 > * /usr/lib64/libhal.a
31 > * /usr/lib64/libhal-storage.so.1.0.0
32 > * /usr/lib64/libhal-storage.la
33 > * /usr/lib64/libhal-storage.a
34 > * /usr/lib64/hal/scripts/hal-luks-setup
35 > * /usr/lib64/hal/scripts/hal-luks-teardown
36 >
37 > .....
38 >
39 >
40 > * /usr/lib64/hal/scripts/linux/hal-system-wol-supported-linux
41 > *
42 > * Searching all installed packages for file collisions...
43 > *
44 > * Press Ctrl-C to Stop
45 > *
46 > * None of the installed packages claim the file(s).
47 > *
48 > * Package 'sys-apps/hal-0.5.11-r8' merged despite file collisions. If
49 > * necessary, refer to your elog messages for the whole content of the
50 > * above message.
51 >
52 >
53 > Hal is still not installed. It doesn't show under /var/db/pkg/sys-apps/
54 >
55 > Any one got in the same situation ?
56 >
57 >

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] installing hal failing with file collision Mansour Al Akeel <mansour.alakeel@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-amd64] installing hal failing with file collision Mansour Al Akeel <mansour.alakeel@×××××.com>