I reeived this error when I did a Stage3 install and I had a bunch of packages in /usr/portage/poackages/
I "solved" this problem bz emptying the packages directory. Jernej Zidar ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Gethings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 12:07 PM Subject: [gentoo-user] Problems with 'emerge sync' > Every time I do an 'emerge sync' I get the following error message: > > ** Skipping packages. Run 'fixpackages' or set it in FEATURES to fix > the > tbz2's in the packages directory. Note: This can take a very long > time. > > So I run 'fixpackages' and sure enough it fixes stuff. And sure enough > it takes a *long* time! > > This has happened a few times now. On every occasion the I get the > following error messages: > > !!! Cannot update binary: Destination exists. > !!! sys-apps/raidtools-1.00.3-r1 -> sys-fs/raidtools-1.00.3-r1 > ......!!! Cannot update binary: Destination exists. > !!! app-admin/dosfstools-2.8-r3 -> sys-fs/dosfstools-2.8-r3 > > I plan to unmerge then emerge both these ebuilds in an attempt to stop > this problem in the future. Is this the right course of action, or is > there a better way to solve this problem. > > Cheers > > Dg > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
