Walt Rarus writes:
> WALRUS ~ # whoami
> root
> WALRUS ~ # ls -l /usr/portage/x11-misc/icesndcfg/
> ls: cannot access /usr/portage/x11-misc/icesndcfg/icesndcfg-1.3.ebuild:
> Permission denied
> total 12
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2675 2008-05-09 09:37 ChangeLog
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 771 2008-05-09 09:37 Manifest
> ?????????? ? ? ? ? ? icesndcfg-1.3.ebuild
> -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 224 2003-07-07 09:54 metadata.xml
>
> The situation with icesndcfg-1.3.ebuild above is disallowing a complete
> "emerge --sync".
> I don't know how to resolve the problem since even root can't
> access/overwrite this (bogus?) file. Any help available?
Looks like a corrupted file system. A fsck might fix this. You can force
one by 'shutdown -Fr now'. Sync your portage tree after this to make sure
it is in a clean state.
Good luck,
Wonko