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Duncan wrote: |
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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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The bug is marked as fixed in 2.2_rc29 and 2.1.6.12. I'm using |
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2.1.6.11. When I do "emerge --search portage" the response indicates |
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that 2.1.6.11 is the latest available. I suppose that means the latest |
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stable version available. |
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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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Thanks. I'll try this manual approach. |
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John |
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John P. Burkett |
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Department of Economics |
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University of Rhode Island |
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phone (401) 874-9195 |
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