On Thursday 14 June 2007, Jean-Baptiste Mestelan wrote: > Many thanks for your kind answers. > > I have tried to emerge --metadata, too, and the result is just the same. > > localhost ~ # emerge --metadata > > >>> Updating Portage cache: Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 5530, in ? > retval = emerge_main() > File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 5489, in emerge_main > action_metadata(settings, portdb, myopts) > File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4300, in action_metadata > eclass_cache=ec, verbose_instance=noise_maker) > File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/util.py", line 22, in mirror_cache > dead_nodes = dict.fromkeys(trg_cache.keys()) > File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/template.py", line 95, in keys > return tuple(self.iterkeys()) > File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/flat_hash.py", line 122, in iterkeys > st = os.lstat(p) > OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: > '/var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-misc/vmpsd-1.3-r\x12' > > I have manually deleted a lot of files from /var/cache/edb/dep, but > the offending ones can neither be removed nor renamed. (Was I all > right, in manually butchering /var/cache/edb/dep ?) The fact that the > remaining files contain strange characters is puzzling, indeed. > > I thought some wise list member might correct me in the way I use > portage, but I am getting to think that the problem is with the file > system, more than with portage ?
hmm, then it really looks like your filesystem is screwed... what filesystem are you using? and have you tried to do a fsck on it? > I'll report a bug (Gentoo bug ?) , if this is more appropriate. I don't think it is useful, the problem is clearly not in portage but on your filesystem. on the other hand if your filesystem is damaged through use of portage... > Here is my emerge --info, anyhow : <snip> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > ï¿½ï¿½í¢‹ï¿½z���(��&j)b� b� hmm, this is not suppost to be there... you really should be backing up your valuable data and checking your haddrive/filesystem for errors. Rudmer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list