Re: [gentoo-user] Re: sys-libs/-MERGING-pam

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:01:09 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
>
>  > Unless someone comes up with some addition info on things I should do
>  > to clean this up more completely I figure I got a little bit of
>  > education which is cool.
>
>  There was a post to this list explaining this not long ago. AFAIR, the
>  MERGING entries in /var/db/pkg are created while emerge is copying the
>  files from the temporary build location to the live filesystem. If they
>  are still there, it means that the merge was aborted, perhaps by a crash
>  or flat battery, at a potentially critical point. While it should be safe
>  to remove these, you should re-emerge the package to make sure your
>  installation is consistent.
>
>
>  --
>  Neil Bothwick

Thanks Neil. Makes perfect sense and since the -MERGING directory was
for an older version and I now have a newer version installed I think
I'm in good shape.

Thanks again for the input.

cheers,
Mark
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