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From: Jeff Grossman <jeff@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: What do I do about slocate 3.1/2.7 ?
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:42:59
Message-Id: ssfk4257oedn6b3jqqi1bicq655itqnfhr@4ax.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What do I do about slocate 3.1/2.7 ? by Mick
1 Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 >On 21/04/06, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
4 >> On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:24:11 -0700, Richard Fish wrote:
5 >>
6 >> > > su -c "ebuild /path/to/slocate-2.7-r8.ebuild digest;emerge --verbose
7 >> > > --ask slocate"
8 >>
9 >> or even "emerge --verbose --ask --digest slocate"
10 >>
11 >> > But do an emerge --sync first. The most likely cause of this is that
12 >> > your last sync was done while the server was being updated, and you
13 >> > got the updated manifest but not the ebuild. These kinds of problems
14 >> > are almost always fixed by a new sync. Using the digest command is
15 >> > overkill.
16 >>
17 >> Not to mention potentially dangerous. If the digest mismatch is a fault
18 >> in portage, a sync will usually fix it. But if it is due to a compromised
19 >> archive, redigesting removes that safety check.
20 >
21 >I don't think this is related, but this is what I got in the last
22 >update to sys-apps/slocate-2.7-r8:
23 >===================================
24 > The 'slocate' group has been renamed to 'locate'.
25 > You seem to already have a 'slocate' group.
26 > Please rename it:
27 > groupmod -n locate slocate
28 >===================================
29 >Renaming it allows the ebuild to complete as suggested.
30
31 I got that same error when I did the upgrade. Once I renamed it also,
32 the ebuild completed fine.
33
34 Jeff
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