[gentoo-user] Re: Cleaning /var/lib/portage/packages -- a big mistake?

[Kevin O'Gorman]

Another oops: make that directory /usr/portage/packages.

++ kevin

On 5/27/07, I wrote:
> I'm trying to clean up my hard drive to make it feasible to back up
> the root partition. I cleaned out /usr/portage/disfiles (10 GB) with
> no problem.  But...
>
> I also cleaned out /usr/portage/packages (10 GB) but now emerge --sync
> is complaining about a large number of them, and apparently cannot
> update its cache.  I just moved them to another partition, they're not
> really gone, but I'd like to not be carrying around so many of them.
>
> I've been running with FEATURES="buildpkg" on in /etc/make.conf, so
> I've accumulated a lot of
> these things.  How do I now clean up my act?  If there's a way, I'd
> like to keep building them, but be able to manage them without ruining
> portage.
>
> Most of the messages said the package "should be deleted".  This
> mystifies my as in effect
> that's what I already did.  What does it want me to do?
>
> The emerge --sync died eventually.  Maybe one or more of the packages
> is more vital than most.  So there may be packages I should not
> manage.  Here's the tail end of the output:
>
>
> !!! Invalid binary package: '/usr/portage/packages/All/less-394.tbz2'
> !!! This binary package is not recoverable and should be deleted.
> !!! Invalid binary package: '/usr/portage/packages/All/pycrypto-2.0.1-r5.tbz2'
> !!! This binary package is not recoverable and should be deleted.
> !!! Invalid binary package: '/usr/portage/packages/All/lsof-4.76.tbz2'
> !!! This binary package is not recoverable and should be deleted.
> !!! Invalid binary package: '/usr/portage/packages/All/rsync-2.6.8-r2.tbz2'
> !!! This binary package is not recoverable and should be deleted.
> !!! Invalid binary package: '/usr/portage/packages/All/man-pages-2.31.tbz2'
> !!! This binary package is not recoverable and should be deleted.
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 5530, in ?
>     retval = emerge_main()
>   File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 5487, in emerge_main
>     action_sync(settings, trees, mtimedb, myopts, myaction)
>   File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4207, in action_sync
>     if portage.global_updates(settings, trees, mtimedb["updates"]):
>   File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 8163, in global_updates
>     trees["/"]["bintree"].move_slot_ent(update_cmd)
>   File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 6413, in move_slot_ent
>     self.populate()
>   File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 6570, in populate
>     mycat = mytbz2.getfile("CATEGORY")
>   File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/xpak.py", line 345, in getfile
>     a=open(self.file,"r")
> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
> '/usr/portage/packages/All/perl-cleaner-1.03.tbz2'
>
>  portage #
>
> Pointers, please...
>
> ++ kevin

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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
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