On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 23:51, efejta wrote:
> My system seems to be having issues...when I try to update libperl, it halts:
>
> example output:
>
> # emerge --update libperl
> Calculating dependencies ...done!
> >>> emerge (1 of 4) sys-devel/libperl-5.8.0 to /
> >>> md5 ;-) perl-5.8.0.tar.gz
> *
>
>
> the yellow star just stays there an nothing happens. Running top shows now
> activity by python or anything else suggesting the script is doing something.
> What is going on?
>
> Also, I am having the same escape character problem with man pages, but I am
> hoping it has to do with the fact that I interrupted an emerge --update
> world...but etc-update doesn't tell me I need to do anything.
To fix:
1. open /etc/init.d/functions.sh in your editor
2. change the following line:
/usr/bin/logger -p ${pri} -t ${tag} -- $*
to:
/usr/bin/logger -p ${pri} -t ${tag} -- "$*"
3. save functions.sh
You should now be good to go
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