[gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

[Holly Bostick]

Hey ho, all--

(I think that) Ever since I downgraded Xorg from 6.8.99 back to 6.8.2-r6
a couple of days ago, I've had reports from both etc-update and
cfg-update that there are 30 files needing to be updated (etc-update
reports them as being in /usr/lib/X11/xkb sometimes, but not always).

The problem is, these files do not exist, or rather are not found when I
then run the relevant utility:



 * Regenerating GNU info directory index...
 * Processed 326 info files.
 * IMPORTANT: 3 config files in /etc need updating.
 * IMPORTANT: 30 config files in /usr/lib/X11/xkb need updating.
 * Type emerge --help config to learn how to update config files.


za 01/07/06 13:58


za 01/07/06 14:07
motub -> etc-update
Scanning Configuration files...
Automerging trivial changes in: filesystems
Automerging trivial changes in: net.example
The following is the list of files which need updating, each
configuration file is followed by a list of possible replacement files.
1) /etc/conf.d/rc
/etc/conf.d/._cfg0000_rc
Please select a file to edit by entering the corresponding number.
              (don't use -3 or -5 if you're unsure what to do)
              (-1 to exit) (-3 to auto merge all remaining files)
                           (-5 to auto-merge AND not use 'mv -i'):

As you see, only three files (the files adjusted by the emerge -uaDtv
world which this report completed) appear.

The same thing happens with cfg-update:

za 01/07/06 14:11
motub -> emerge -pv easytag
________________________________________________________________________________

cfg-update 1.8.0 : Building checksum index... canceled!
                   30 config file updates found...
                   Please run "cfg-update -u" to update your config files!
________________________________________________________________________________


These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild     U ] media-sound/easytag-1.99.11 [1.99.10] +aac* +flac +mp3
+nls +vorbis 0 kB

Total size of downloads: 0 kB

za 01/07/06 14:12
motub -> cfg-update -u


All files have been updated, done...


za 01/07/06 14:12
motub -> emerge -pv easytag
________________________________________________________________________________

cfg-update 1.8.0 : Building checksum index... canceled!
                   30 config file updates found...
                   Please run "cfg-update -u" to update your config files!
________________________________________________________________________________


These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild     U ] media-sound/easytag-1.99.11 [1.99.10] +aac* +flac +mp3
+nls +vorbis 0 kB

Total size of downloads: 0 kB

The thing is, I cannot find the relevant files in the first place (which
may itself be the problem):

za 01/07/06 14:12
motub -> la /usr/lib/X11/xkb
totaal 968
drwxr-xr-x  10 root root   1120 jan  3 13:58 .
drwxr-xr-x   9 root root    776 jan  3 14:06 ..
-r--r--r--   1 root root   7448 jan  3 13:57 ._cfg0000_README.config
-r--r--r--   1 root root  23337 jan  3 13:57 ._cfg0000_README.enhancing
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 179416 jan  3 13:57 ._cfg0000_xkbcomp
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root    568 jan  3 13:58 compat
-r--r--r--   1 root root    689 jan  3 13:57 compat.dir
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root     23 jan  3 13:58 compiled ->
../../../../var/lib/xkb
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root    584 apr 28  2005 geometry
-r--r--r--   1 root root   1965 jan  3 13:57 geometry.dir
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root    544 jan  3 13:58 keycodes
-r--r--r--   1 root root   2283 jan  3 13:57 keycodes.dir
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root    296 apr 28  2005 keymap
-r--r--r--   1 root root   8576 jan  3 13:57 keymap.dir
-r--r--r--   1 root root    689 jun  3  2005 ._new-cfg_compat.dir
-r--r--r--   1 root root   7372 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_README.config
-r--r--r--   1 root root  23258 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_README.enhancing
-r--r--r--   1 root root  27683 jun  3  2005 ._new-cfg_symbols.dir
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 179480 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_xkbcomp
-r--r--r--   1 root root    729 jun  3  2005 ._old-cfg_compat.dir
-r--r--r--   1 root root   7448 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_README.config
-r--r--r--   1 root root  23337 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_README.enhancing
-r--r--r--   1 root root  31182 jun  3  2005 ._old-cfg_symbols.dir
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 179480 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_xkbcomp
-r--r--r--   1 root root    983 jan  3 13:57 README
-r--r--r--   1 root root   7372 nov 14 17:10 README.config
-r--r--r--   1 root root  23258 nov 14 17:10 README.enhancing
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root    512 jan  3 13:58 rules
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root    144 apr 28  2005 semantics
drwxr-xr-x  12 root root   4264 jan  3 13:58 symbols
-r--r--r--   1 root root  27683 jan  3 13:57 symbols.dir
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root    296 apr 28  2005 types
-r--r--r--   1 root root    463 jan  3 13:57 types.dir
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 179480 nov 14 17:10 xkbcomp

I don't see 30 relevant files to be updated, so I don't even know what
the update utilities are complaining about, or why they think there *is*
something to complain about.

The folder is listed in CONFIG_PROTECT (which I think is by default, it
seems unlikely that I would have added it by hand).

I should probably check b.g.o or the forums, but I have no idea what to
search for and I really don't have the energy atm to filter down a huge
list of hits from an untargeted search.

Can anybody help me either fix this or fine-tune my quest for the
misconfiguration that is causing this?

T(hanks)I(n)A(dvance),
Holly
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