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From: Mike Williams <mike@××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Errors over errors with portage
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 23:01:38
Message-Id: 200310140001.26757.mike@gaima.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Errors over errors with portage by Thomas Schweikle
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4 On Monday 13 October 2003 23:51, Thomas Schweikle wrote:
5 > >>> Auto-cleaning packages ...
6 >
7 > ['gnome-base/libbonobo', '2.2.2', 'r0'] ['gnome-base/libbonobo-2.4.0',
8 > 'gnome-base/libbonobo-2.2.2']
9 > !!! COUNTER file is missing for gnome-base/libbonobo-2.2.2 in /var/db.
10 > !!! Please run /usr/lib/portage/bin/fix-db.pl or remerge the package.
11 > yew root #
12 >
13 > running /usr/lib/portage/bin/fix-db.pl doesn't fix anything. After the
14 > next emerge the error will be there again. Thus the error is definitely
15 > build into portage.
16
17 The error is with an erroneous directory left in /var/db.
18 I'd hazzard a guess that you don't even have gnome-base/libbonobo-2.2.2
19 installed. If not, deleted and away you go, if you do, delete it anyway and
20 re-emerge.
21 After all, the output does say 'or remerge the package.'
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24 Mike Williams
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