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To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] re-appearance of `waiting for lock' bug?
Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 20:38:15
Message-Id: 87y76tiwx4.fsf@newsguy.com
1 updating from an old 2006 pkg based install to latest 2008 and have
2 gotten pretty far along... right now emerging udev in an
3 emerge -vuDN system
4 command.
5
6 The emerge is hung at:
7
8 Calculating dependencies... done!
9 [ebuild U ] sys-fs/udev-120 [087-r1] USE="(-selinux)" 0 kB
10
11 Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 0 kB
12
13 >>> Verifying ebuild Manifests...
14
15 >>> Emerging (1 of 1) sys-fs/udev-120 to /
16 waiting for lock on /var/tmp/portage/sys-fs/.udev-120.portage_lockfile
17
18 And has been there a good while.
19
20 Looking at the bugs I see it mentioned but says it was fixed quite
21 sometime ago.
22
23 Any suggestions of how to get past this item and on with updating world?
24
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Re: [gentoo-user] re-appearance of `waiting for lock' bug? Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>