On Friday 02 January 2009, Robert Bridge wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 19:02:15 +0000 > > Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I do not have collision-protect in my make.conf. > > > > Emerging media-fonts/terminus-font-4.28 gives me: > > =================================================
> > * Detected file collision(s):
> > *
> > * /usr/share/fonts/terminus/encodings.dir
> > *
> > * Searching all installed packages for file collisions...
> > *
> > * Press Ctrl-C to Stop
> > *
> > * None of the installed packages claim the file(s).
>
> This line tells you it's an orphaned file.
>
> > * Package 'media-fonts/terminus-font-4.28' merged despite file
> > * collisions. If necessary, refer to your elog messages for the whole
> > * content of the above message.
> >
> > >>> Auto-cleaning packages...
> > >>>
> > >>> No outdated packages were found on your system.
> >
> > * GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
> > =================================================
> >
> > Could you please remind me what am I supposed to do with this?
> > Should I rm /usr/share/fonts/terminus/encodings.dir and remerge
> > media-fonts/terminus-font-4.28 ? I am not clear on the process,
> > since I never had to deal with this manually in the past.
>
> As no installed package claims the file, simply remove it and remerge
> the fonts.
Thanks RobbieAB. Actually, it showed that the file was owned by the installed
package:
# portageq owners / /usr/share/fonts/terminus/encodings.dir
media-fonts/terminus-font-4.28
/usr/share/fonts/terminus/encodings.dir
Either way, I removed the file and reinstalled media-fonts/terminus-font-4.28.
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Regards,
Mick
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