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On Thursday 14 June 2007, Jean-Baptiste Mestelan wrote: |
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> Many thanks for your kind answers. |
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> I have tried to emerge --metadata, too, and the result is just the same. |
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> localhost ~ # emerge --metadata |
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> >>> Updating Portage cache: Traceback (most recent call last): |
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> File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 5530, in ? |
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> retval = emerge_main() |
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> File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 5489, in emerge_main |
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> action_metadata(settings, portdb, myopts) |
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> File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4300, in action_metadata |
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> eclass_cache=ec, verbose_instance=noise_maker) |
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> File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/util.py", line 22, in mirror_cache |
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> dead_nodes = dict.fromkeys(trg_cache.keys()) |
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> File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/template.py", line 95, in keys |
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> return tuple(self.iterkeys()) |
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> File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/flat_hash.py", line 122, in iterkeys |
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> st = os.lstat(p) |
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> OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: |
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> '/var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-misc/vmpsd-1.3-r\x12' |
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> I have manually deleted a lot of files from /var/cache/edb/dep, but |
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> the offending ones can neither be removed nor renamed. (Was I all |
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> right, in manually butchering /var/cache/edb/dep ?) The fact that the |
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> remaining files contain strange characters is puzzling, indeed. |
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> I thought some wise list member might correct me in the way I use |
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> portage, but I am getting to think that the problem is with the file |
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> system, more than with portage ? |
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hmm, then it really looks like your filesystem is screwed... |
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what filesystem are you using? |
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and have you tried to do a fsck on it? |
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> I'll report a bug (Gentoo bug ?) , if this is more appropriate. |
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I don't think it is useful, the problem is clearly not in portage but on your |
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filesystem. on the other hand if your filesystem is damaged through use of |
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portage... |
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> Here is my emerge --info, anyhow : |
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> gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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> éí¢‹¬z¸ žÚ(¢¸&j)bž b² |
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hmm, this is not suppost to be there... |
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you really should be backing up your valuable data and checking your |
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haddrive/filesystem for errors. |
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Rudmer |
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