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On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 9:30 AM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote: |
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> Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> [09-12-13 15:24]: |
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>> On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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>> > Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> [09-12-13 14:28]: |
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>> > > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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>> > > > Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> [09-12-13 13:40]: |
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>> > > > > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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>> > > > > > Hi, |
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>> > > > > > |
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>> > > > > > it seems, something has screwed up my system. |
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>> > > > > > |
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>> > > > > > The symptoms are: Updateing a certain package with emerge (which |
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>> > > > > > successfully compile and install that package) has no effect. |
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>> > > > > > Next time exactly the same package is reported again as to be |
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>> > > > > > updated. |
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>> > > > > > |
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>> > > > > > And qsearch reports that my metadatabase has gone with the wind |
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>> > > > > > and I have to do a 'w -m' as root, which helps for that moment, |
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>> > > > > > but next it is again not present. I think (read:dont know for sure) |
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>> > > > > > that the |
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>> > > > > > eix-sync && emerge -pv --verbose --update --deep world |
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>> > > > > > has "killed" it. |
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>> > > > > > |
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>> > > > > > Unfortunately I am not that deeply involved in the internal |
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>> > > > > > data handling of the gentoo package manager to have an idea |
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>> > > > > > what is going wrong here. |
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>> > > > > > |
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>> > > > > > What can I do to fix this problem ? |
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>> > > > > > |
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>> > > > > > Kind regards and have a nice weekend! |
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>> > > > > > mcc |
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>> > > > > |
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>> > > > > fsck your partition containing /var. |
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>> > > > |
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>> > > > Hi, |
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>> > > > |
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>> > > > as soon I do the command sequence described above, qsearch fails with |
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>> > > > |
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>> > > > |
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>> > > > opening '/usr/portage/metadata/cache/.metadata.x' failed: Permission |
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>> > > > denied search: initialize_flat(): You should run this command as root: |
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>> > > > q -m |
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>> > > > |
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>> > > > and an |
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>> > > > |
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>> > > > sudo ls /usr/portage/metadata/cache/.metadata.x |
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>> > > > |
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>> > > > fails with |
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>> > > > |
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>> > > > ls: cannot access /usr/portage/metadata/cache/.metadata.x: No such |
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>> > > > file or directory |
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>> > > > |
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>> > > > There is no symlink to /var and subfolders as far as I can see... |
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>> > > > |
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>> > > > What part/file is on /var/... which gets corrupted in case of an |
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>> > > > filesystem damage ? |
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>> > > |
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>> > > how long are you using linux? |
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>> > |
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>> > 15 years ... but what does this matter? |
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>> > |
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>> |
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>> then you should know where /var is. or /usr/portage. |
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>> fsck /var, fsck the partition containing /usr/portage |
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> |
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> ...and you read posting more carefully: I wrote "part" not "part." ... |
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> -- |
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> Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments |
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> unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. |
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> See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html |
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> In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows. |
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/var/db/pkg |
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/var/lib/portage |
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