On 04/15/2013 02:08 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-04-15 2:03 PM, Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote: >> >> Ok, I think all I need to get our db back up is to remerge php, but it >> is failing. >> >> The last error appears to be the zlib check. >> >> I did already try >> >> emerge -1 sys-libs/zlib >> >> and retrying to emerge php, but got the same error: > > Ok, added -zlib to package.mask and it is compiling now... I just don't > know if I need zlib support for our DB app... <sigh> > > If this doesn't work I'll try your suggestion of: > >> Were this one of my systems (none of which is in a prod scenario, so >> take it with a grain of salt), I'd emerge -e --keep-going @system, and >> then emerge --resume a few times. You're stuck in something not unlike a >> bootstrap scenario. > > Thanks a lot Michael... first time anything like this has happened to me > in a long time. I forgot what it is like to have users (and bosses) > breathing down my neck like this... >
That system is going to require a great deal of cleanup and maintenance to get fully reliable again. Once everything's been rebuilt, you should be able to have zlib back, etc. It'll just take a while to to clean up. I repeat my suggestion that you set up an alternate server and aim to migrate to that. It's amazing what you can do with failover, replication, etc....
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