Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Monday 07 December 2009 20:10:31 Jarry wrote: >> Hi, >> I update my server quite frequently without any problem, but >> today after running "emerge -uDN world" I got these messages: >> >> ----- >> >> !!! existing preserved libs: >> >>> package: sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.9 >> >> * - /lib64/libuuid.so >> * used by /bin/mount (sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1) >> * used by /bin/umount (sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1) >> * used by /sbin/blkid (sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1) >> * used by 16 other files >> * - /lib64/libblkid.so >> * used by /bin/mount (sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1) >> * used by /bin/umount (sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1) >> * used by /sbin/blkid (sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1) >> * used by 8 other files >> Use emerge @preserved-rebuild to rebuild packages using these libraries >> ----- >> >> So I did run "emerge @preserved-rebuild", but at the end >> of it I got the very same messages. How can I solve this? > > > An old version of e2fsprogs-libs provided some libs that the programs in util- > linux linked to. Portage realised after updating e2fsprogs-libs that these > libs are still in use so have not deleted them until everything using them no > longer does. Sometimes it gets itself confused. Others report that running > emerge @preserved-rebuild multiple times fixes it, but I'm not so sure. It > think it's more a case of the various ld* utils don't do the right thing at > the right time - just yesterday I had b0rked @preserved-rebuild output fix > itself after a reboot with no extra emerging done. > > Try this: > > Run ldd on a few of the listed binaries using old libs, eyeball the output > and > apply brainpower, followed by: > > emerge -av1 util-linux > emerge -avC e2fsprogs-libs ; emerge -av1 e2fsprogs-libs > > revdep-rebuild won't help you here, as the binaries are not broken. It will > only confirm internal consistency once preserved-rebuild appears to have > sorted itself out. > > I have the same problem, but the "emerge -av1 util-linux" has blocking issues with sys-fs/e2fsprogs. Whenever I remove sys-fs stuff I usually regret it.
dhk
