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From: Thomas Kahle <tom111@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Sandbox Violation
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:39:05
Message-Id: 20090210153759.GI16489@denkmatte.mis.mpg.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Sandbox Violation by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On 17:16 Tue 10 Feb , Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2 > Thomas Kahle wrote:
3 >> Hi everyone,
4 >> recently I killed a running merge of app-emacs/auctex with C-c in the
5 >> shell. Now after that I am not able to install the package anymore. I
6 >> get a sandbox when kpathsea is run.
7 >
8 > Just a shot in the dark, but try this as root:
9 >
10 > rm -rf /var/tmp/portage/*
11 >
12 > and then emerge again. Please type the above command very carefully; if
13 > you introduce a space by mistake it will be not good :P
14
15 That worked, Thanks.
16
17 >
18
19 --
20 Thomas Kahle
21
22 The fundamental theorem of algebra is open source. Like any other
23 mathematical theorem it can be applied free of charge and everybody
24 has access to its proof and can convince himself how it works. Why
25 should software be any different?