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On Thursday 14 June 2007, Jean-Baptiste Mestelan wrote: |
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> I cannot emerge --sync my system anymore, as this brings out the |
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try running `emerge --metadata` it will restore the portage cache |
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in /var/cache/edb/dep |
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Rudmer |
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> following error : |
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> >>> Updating Portage cache: Traceback (most recent call last): |
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> File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 5530, in ? |
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> retval = emerge_main() |
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> File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 5489, in emerge_main |
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> action_metadata(settings, portdb, myopts) |
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> File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4300, in action_metadata |
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> eclass_cache=ec, verbose_instance=noise_maker) |
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> File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/util.py", line 22, in mirror_cache |
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> dead_nodes = dict.fromkeys(trg_cache.keys()) |
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> File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/template.py", line 95, in keys |
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> return tuple(self.iterkeys()) |
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> File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/flat_hash.py", line 122, in iterkeys |
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> st = os.lstat(p) |
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> OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: |
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> '/var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-misc/vmpsd-1.3-r\x12' |
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> So, it looks like the problem is with the content of the directory |
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> /var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-misc/ |
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> |
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> localhost net-misc # cd /var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-misc/ |
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> localhost net-misc # ls ./ (TAB PRESSED) |
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> asterisk-chan_capi-0.4.^P_pre1 netprofiles)ims-0.1.0134 |
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> stuNnel-4.15 htbinit^I0.8.5 netstat)nat-1.4.7 |
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> suite3230-3.3.2_p1 |
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> icaclient-9^N0-r1 networkianager-0.6.4_pre20061028 |
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> tightvnc-1.^R.9-r4 |
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> iputils)20060512 sipsak-0.9.^Q |
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> vmpsd-1.3-r^R |
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> linUx-identd-1.3-r1 stoje-2.2e |
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> vnc-4.1^N2-r1 |
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> lksctp-Pools-1.0.4 stone-2^N2c |
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> memcached-1^N1.13-r1 streamtuner-0.9^Y.99 |
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> |
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> This shows that the offending file somehow exists (?); but these files |
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> cannot be accessed, as the ls command shows : |
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> localhost net-misc # ls |
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> ls: cannot access vmpsd-1.3-r: No such file or directory |
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> ls: cannot access streamtuner-0.9.99: No such file or directory |
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> ls: cannot access vnc-4.12-⎼1: N⎺ ⎽┤␌ °␋┌␊ ⎺⎼ ␍␋⎼␊␌├⎺⎼≤ |
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> ┌⎽: ␌▒┼┼⎺├ ▒␌␌␊⎽⎽ ┼␊├⎻⎼⎺°␋┌␊⎽)␋└⎽-0.1.0134: N⎺ ⎽┤␌ °␋┌␊ ⎺⎼ ␍␋⎼␊␌├⎺⎼≤ |
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> ┌⎽: ␌▒┼┼⎺├ ▒␌␌␊⎽⎽ ┼␊├⎽├▒├)┼▒├-1.4.7: N⎺ ⎽┤␌ °␋┌␊ ⎺⎼ ␍␋⎼␊␌├⎺⎼≤ |
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> <+ more garbage > |
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> |
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> Is my filesystem damaged ? |
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> rm -rf /var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-misc has no effect on these |
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> problematic files ; I have executed fsck.ext2 on the filesystem, and |
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> this reported no error. |
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> Many thanks for your helpful suggestions. |
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