On Tuesday 14 October 2003 13:38, Bryan Muir wrote: > While updating my system, I received the following message.... > > >>> Auto-cleaning packages ... > > ['dev-perl/XML-Parser', '2.30', 'r0'] ['dev-perl/XML-Parser-2.30', > 'dev-perl/XML-Parser-2.31-r1'] > !!! COUNTER file is missing for dev-perl/XML-Parser-2.30 in /var/db. > !!! Please run /usr/lib/portage/bin/fix-db.pl or > !!! Please run /usr/lib/portage/bin/fix-db.py or > !!! remerge the package. > > > After running /usr/lib/portage/bin/fix-db.py, I was presented with a > huge list of entries. > > I am unseure what I should be doing about this as some of the entries > that are mentioned are indeed current... for instance... > > app-portage/gentoolkit-0.1.6: (old package) [emerge/delete] > SLOT is empty > but I have 0.1.31 installed. > > and when i try running /usr/lib/portage/bin/fix-db.pl instead, I get > fix-db: fatal: couldn't open > /var/db/pkg/app-admin/sysklogd-1.4.1-r2/CONTENTS > well.. that version isn't installed... r7 is... > > What should I do to clear up all these issues?
Try to remove all the older version of 'dev-perl/XML-Parser' if they are not needed or required. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
