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From: wabe <wabenbau@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] How to get rid of sys-fs/static-dev, or do I really need it?
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 01:30:48
Message-Id: 20170424032936.4e38a28d@hal9000.localdomain
1 Hi folks,
2
3 tried to do an "emerge -eav world" but it didn't even start, because of:
4
5 INFO: pretend
6 Package: sys-fs/static-dev-0.1
7 Repository: gentoo
8 Maintainer: base-system@g.o
9 USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU
10 FEATURES: ccache preserve-libs sandbox userpriv usersandbox
11 ERROR: pretend
12 We have detected that you currently use udev or devfs or devtmpfs
13 and this ebuild cannot install to the same mount-point.
14 ERROR: sys-fs/static-dev-0.1::gentoo failed (pretend phase):
15 Cannot install on udev/devfs tmpfs.
16
17 Call stack:
18 ebuild.sh, line 115: Called pkg_pretend
19 static-dev-0.1.ebuild, line 38: Called abort
20 static-dev-0.1.ebuild, line 22: Called die
21 The specific snippet of code:
22 die "Cannot install on udev/devfs tmpfs."
23
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25
26 I'm using sys-fs/eudev and no static /dev. So I tried to deplcean
27 sys-fs/static-dev but this failed because of:
28
29 !!! 'sys-fs/static-dev' (virtual/dev-manager) is part of your system profile.
30 !!! Unmerging it may be damaging to your system.
31
32
33 What can I do to solve this problem? Is it safe when I just unmerge
34 sys-fs/static-dev?
35
36 --
37 Regards
38 wabe

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Re: [gentoo-user] How to get rid of sys-fs/static-dev, or do I really need it? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>