Thanks for the reply, i'm trying to downgrade, from r2 to r1, and i get the error in my first email when attempting to do it w/ emerge.
b. On Tuesday 01 July 2003 05:04 pm, Shawn wrote: > From Dhruba Bandopadhyay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > First, delete the distfile and try to re-emerge. If no luck, > do it > manually. > > ebuild /path/to/ebuild unpack | tar -xjf <package> into > /var/tmp/portage/portage-2.0.48-r2/work > ebuild /path/to/ebuild compile > ebuild /path/to/ebuild merge > > Or file a bug and wait for it to be fixed globally. That > package is > hardmasked anyway isn't it? > > On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 18:47, bryce wrote: > > OK, i got caught up in this little bug that has been passed around, > > and now they want me to downgrade portage... and i would love to, > > but i get > > > > this error when i try( and w/ some other packages as well): > > >>> Unpacking source... > > >>> Unpacking portage-2.0.48-r1.tar.bz2 to > > > > /var/tmp/portage/portage-2.0.48-r1/wo > > rk > > Calculating dependencies ...done! > > > > >>> emerge (1 of 1) sys-apps/portage-2.0.48-r1 to / > > >>> md5 src_uri ;-) portage-2.0.48-r1.tar.bz2 > > > > (1 of 1) Compiling/Merging > > (/usr/portage/sys-apps/portage/portage-2.0.48-r1.ebu > > ild)tar: This does not look like a tar archive > > tar: Skipping to next header > > tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers > > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > > > bzip2: I/O or other error, bailing out. Possible reason follows. > > bzip2: Broken pipe > > Input file = > > /usr/portage/distfiles/portage-2.0.48-r1.tar.bz2, output fi > > le = (stdout) > > > > !!! ERROR: sys-apps/portage-2.0.48-r1 failed. > > !!! Function unpack, Line 294, Exitcode 2 > > !!! failure unpacking portage-2.0.48-r1.tar.bz2 > > > > I tried whipping out the install cd, and doing it from in there, > > but no luck, tried reemerging tar see if that helped, tried > > remergin bzip2( and that just utterly failed). > > > > Any ideas??? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > bryce > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
