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From: Corbin <corbinbird@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Portage unable to write to /usr/portage
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:10:13
Message-Id: ea9747ff-057a-c4cc-2cea-05bcf2d5b72f@charter.net
1 This is the error :
2
3 >>>> Fetching (18 of 1361) sys-apps/baselayout-2.6-r1::gentoo
4 > bash: /usr/portage/distfiles/.__portage_test_write__: Permission denied
5 > rm: cannot remove '/usr/portage/distfiles/.__portage_test_write__': Permission denied
6 > bash: /usr/portage/distfiles/.__portage_test_write__: Permission denied
7 > rm: cannot remove '/usr/portage/distfiles/.__portage_test_write__': Permission denied
8 >>>> Downloading 'http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/layout.conf'
9 > /usr/portage/distfiles/.layout.conf.distfiles.gentoo.org.__download__: Permission denied
10 > No digest file available and download failed.
11 >
12 > !!! Couldn't download '.layout.conf.distfiles.gentoo.org'. Aborting.
13 >>>> Downloading 'http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/baselayout-2.6.tar.bz2'
14 > /usr/portage/distfiles/baselayout-2.6.tar.bz2.__download__: Permission denied
15 >>>> Downloading 'https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/baselayout.git/snapshot/baselayout-2.6.tar.bz2'
16 > /usr/portage/distfiles/baselayout-2.6.tar.bz2.__download__: Permission denied
17 > !!! Couldn't download 'baselayout-2.6.tar.bz2'. Aborting.
18 > * Fetch failed for 'sys-apps/baselayout-2.6-r1'
19
20 Permission Problems? How do I fix this?
21 ( Got this error while trying to do the 'emerge --oneshot portage'
22 before updating. )
23
24 Corbin

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