> > > Often times var stuff is changing, not necessarily crucial data.
> 
> /var contains important information about your installed packages for
> portage.
> 
> > > I
> > > would reboot & see if everything works.  If it does, your fine.  If
> > > only certain programs fail, reinstall the programs.  If it fails to
> > > boot etc. then you'll probably have to reinstall gentoo.
> 
> > Alright thanks guys.  I'm booted back up and running a browser so
> > that's good.  I really shouldn't be working as root.
> 
> Try "emerge world --newuse -upvDt" to see if portage is broken.
> 
> --
> Neil Bothwick

Good catch.  I get this last:

IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/var/cache/edb/dep//usr/portage/sys-devel/.update.25322.bison-1.875d'

What do you think I should do?

- Grant

-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Reply via email to