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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] sys-fs/-MERGING-static-dev installed but unable to find it
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 05:21:08
Message-Id: 55F6593C.8090507@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] sys-fs/-MERGING-static-dev installed but unable to find it by wabenbau@gmail.com
1 wabenbau@×××××.com wrote:
2 > <wabenbau@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >
4 >> Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> Howdy,
7 >>>
8 >>> I ran eix-test-obsolete and in the output, I get the following:
9 >>>
10 >>>
11 >>> The following installed packages are not in the database:
12 >>>
13 >>> sys-fs/-MERGING-static-dev
14 >>> --
15 >>>
16 >>> Equery gives me this:
17 >>>
18 >>> root@fireball / # equery list *static-dev*
19 >>> * Searching for *static-dev* ...
20 >>> !!! No installed packages matching '*static-dev*'
21 >>> root@fireball / #
22 >>>
23 >>>
24 >>>
25 >>> Other tools report this:
26 >>>
27 >>>
28 >>>
29 >>> root@fireball / # emerge -s static-dev
30 >>>
31 >>> [ Results for search key : static-dev ]
32 >>> Searching...
33 >>>
34 >>> * sys-fs/static-dev
35 >>> Latest version available: 0.1
36 >>> Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
37 >>> Size of files: 0 KiB
38 >>> Homepage: https://bugs.gentoo.org/107875
39 >>> Description: A skeleton, statically managed /dev
40 >>> License: GPL-2
41 >>>
42 >>> [ Applications found : 1 ]
43 >>>
44 >>> root@fireball / # eix static-dev
45 >>> * sys-fs/static-dev
46 >>> Available versions: 0.1
47 >>> Homepage: https://bugs.gentoo.org/107875
48 >>> Description: A skeleton, statically managed /dev
49 >>>
50 >>> root@fireball / #
51 >>>
52 >>>
53 >>>
54 >>> So, it's installed but I can't find it to remove it. What the heck
55 >>> is this about? Anyone else ever run into this? Is there a way to
56 >>> "find" it?? Can I remove it somehow??
57 >>>
58 >>> Thanks.
59 >>>
60 >>> Dale
61 >>>
62 >>> :-) :-)
63 >>>
64 >> It's also installed on my system and probably it's a forgotten relict
65 >> from ancient times (my last gentoo installation on this machine was
66 >> in 2007).
67 >>
68 >> To be honest, I never ran eix-test-obsolete. My system is running
69 >> fine and atm I don't have much time. So I will leave it as it is.
70 >>
71 >> Maybe the static dev is useful in the case that udev refuses to work
72 >> for any reason. :-)
73 >>
74 >> --
75 >> Regards
76 >> wabe
77 > Sorry, I forgot to mention that the package is shown up when I search
78 > for it. I don't have any clue why this is not the case for your system.
79 >
80 > $ eix static-dev
81 > [I] sys-fs/static-dev
82 > Available versions: 0.1{tbz2}
83 > Installed versions: 0.1{tbz2}(01:46:27 08.03.2013)
84 > Homepage: https://bugs.gentoo.org/107875
85 > Description: A skeleton, statically managed /dev
86 >
87 >
88 > $ equery list *static-dev*
89 > * Searching for *static-dev* ...
90 > [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/static-dev-0.1:0
91 >
92 >
93 > $ emerge -s static-dev
94 >
95 > [ Results for search key : static-dev ]
96 > Searching...
97 >
98 > * sys-fs/static-dev
99 > Latest version available: 0.1
100 > Latest version installed: 0.1
101 > Size of files: 0 KiB
102 > Homepage: https://bugs.gentoo.org/107875
103 > Description: A skeleton, statically managed /dev
104 > License: GPL-2
105 >
106 > [ Applications found : 1 ]
107 >
108 >
109 > --
110 > Regards
111 > wabe
112 >
113 >
114
115
116 Yea, but what I want to get rid of is MERGING-static-dev not just
117 static-dev. I just searched for static-dev to make sure it would find
118 anything that matches, since that all caps part looks fishy.
119
120 Dale
121
122 :-) :-)