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Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> [10-02-05 04:04]: |
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> On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:14:56 +0100, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> > qsearch <item> |
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> > search: Updating ebuild metacache ... |
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> > search: initialize_flat(): opening |
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> > '/usr/portage/metadata/cache/.metadata.x' failed: Permission denied |
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> > search: initialize_flat(): You should run this command as root: q -m |
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> The message is telling you which command to run, although it is short and |
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> you may have missed it |
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> q -m |
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Runnning this command is in fact a short and easy task. To be urged to |
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do it because the update process (eix/emerge) kills the metadatabase |
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is nonetheless not correct. |
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> > What kills the metadatabase every time and how can I fix that? What I |
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> > am doing wrong here ? |
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> You probably updated portage-utils and /etc/portage/postsync.d/q-reinitialize |
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> no longer has the execute bit set. chmod +x it as instructed in the elog |
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> message from the portage-utils emerge. |
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/etc/portage/postsync.d/q-reinitialize has already set the |
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execution bit. |
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> -- |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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> Windows Error #01: No error... ...yet. |
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unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. |
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See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html |
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