Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Martin Vaeth wrote: > > Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > >> I deleted the busybox directory from the tree then ran emerge --sync. > >> The error is still there > > You have the same files that I have. > > Unfortunately, only now I actually did: > > > > $ grep busybox-9999 Manifest > > EBUILD busybox-9999.ebuild 8580 [...] > > > > ??? > > I have the same wrong size recorded in the Manifest! > > No idea why portage didn't yell at me - there seems > > to be another bug involved. > > > > So, sorry, my previous conjecture was wrong. > > > > The only information which I can give you currently, > > is that probably all mirrors contain the same broken Manifest > > in the moment. > > > > *Perhaps* (a very wild conjecture!) the reason why this Manifest > > got not updated is the same bug which caused portage not to yell > > at me, despite the broken Manifest. > > > > As a temporary hack, calling "ebuild manifest" on that file is > > probably the only reasonable way to proceed, but this problem > > must be fixed, of course... > > > > > > > > > Wasn't there a emerge option to ignore the manifest? I seem to recall > there used to be one but it was a LONG time ago. Of course, if someone > has tinkered with something that would be a bad thing to do.
I thought I remembered something where the manifest no longer checks the ebuild, just the file in distfiles -- I thought I remembered seeing this somewhere. It was at a time when we got all the manifests all at once. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com