Re: [SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] sys-fs/-MERGING-static-dev installed but unable to find it
wraeth wrote: > On 09/14/2015 06:45 PM, Dale wrote: > > The biggest thing, I just didn't want to screw something up and > > google wasn't returning anything when I searched. No clue why it > > didn't tho. It's rare that google shows no matches. It usually > > finds something even if it is off the mark a bit. > > Likely the minus in front of the MERGING - try searching > > gentoo "-MERGING-" > > Either way, glad it's sorted. :) Thing is, it wasn't really installed. It was just a fluke with portage. In one of the links posted it explained why that part in caps was there. Basically, there is no package by that name. It is just the way portage does things during the build/install phase. Yea, it's fixed now. It seems this happens on occasion with different packages. I guess we need to make a note of this, just in case. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
Re: [SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] sys-fs/-MERGING-static-dev installed but unable to find it
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/14/2015 06:45 PM, Dale wrote: > The biggest thing, I just didn't want to screw something up and > google wasn't returning anything when I searched. No clue why it > didn't tho. It's rare that google shows no matches. It usually > finds something even if it is off the mark a bit. Likely the minus in front of the MERGING - try searching gentoo "-MERGING-" Either way, glad it's sorted. :) - -- wraeth GnuPG Key: B2D9F759 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iF4EAREIAAYFAlX2jqoACgkQXcRKerLZ91nR1wD9Fq/1jSOxfaIHLt5XCnBsK81y wi3RuqjRxD2IU9cGtzYA/0/onzBPDLLv32Rfezd83kA+xVW1u3vPPEWAjUU9zi5L =9fNq -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] sys-fs/-MERGING-static-dev installed but unable to find it
wraeth wrote: > On 14/09/15 15:34, Dale wrote: > > Well, I'd be chicken to have two packages dealing with /dev at the > > same time, although portage says it is not a blocker. > > > For future reference, I went and dug in this path: > > > /var/db/pkg/sys-fs > > > It turned out it was just a empty directory and deleting it cleared > > it up. Since it was empty, I guess that was safe enough. If > > anything was in it, then I'd be wanting to make sure it was safe to > > remove first. > > > So, it's fixed. I get a clean eix run and if its happy, I'm happy. > > ;-) > > Granted I don't know your setup, but having nothing installed from > sys-fs/* seems a little odd to me. For example, I have the following > packages installed from the sys-fs category: > > eix -cI\#C sys-fs > sys-fs/btrfs-progs > sys-fs/cryptsetup > sys-fs/e2fsprogs > sys-fs/fuse > sys-fs/lvm2 > sys-fs/ntfs3g > sys-fs/udev > sys-fs/udev-init-scripts > sys-fs/udisks > > Accordingly, I have the following in /var/db/pkg/sys-fs/ > > ls -lhn /var/db/pkg/sys-fs > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 534 2015-09-14 09:51 btrfs-progs-4.2 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 520 2015-09-10 11:14 cryptsetup-1.6.8 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 494 2015-09-10 12:56 e2fsprogs-1.42.13 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 494 2015-09-10 18:29 fuse-2.9.4 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 526 2015-09-10 21:41 lvm2-2.02.116 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 520 2015-09-10 11:13 ntfs3g-2015.3.14 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 538 2015-09-10 22:21 udev-225 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 464 2015-09-10 19:02 udev-init-scripts-30 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 512 2015-09-11 03:26 udisks-2.1.6 > > If you legitimately don't have anything installed from the sys-fs > category, then all should be safe I guess; but if you do, then other > mysteries may be afoot... > I have this: root@fireball / # equery list sys-fs/* * Searching for * in sys-fs ... [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/dfc-3.0.5-r1:0 [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/dosfstools-3.0.28:0 [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.42.13:0 [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/eudev-3.1.2-r10:0 [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/fuse-2.9.4:0 [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.110:0 [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/mdadm-3.3.1-r2:0 [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/mtools-4.0.15:0 [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/ntfs3g-2014.2.15-r1:0 [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/reiser4progs-1.0.9:0 [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/reiserfsprogs-3.6.24:0 [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/shake-0.999:0 [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/treesize-0.54.1:0 [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/udev-init-scripts-27:0 [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/udisks-2.1.4:2 root@fireball / # I use eudev to manage /dev. Since I know I already have software to manage that, I didn't want to emerge that failed one since it could clash with what I already have installed. That said, portage didn't show it as a blocker or anything. I likely could have emerged it, then unmerged it and not cause a problem. I was just to chicken to do it is all. In my search, I was searching for static-dev so it would only show matches to that and not the other packages in sys-fs. If I had searched for sys-fs/* then it would have shown what was installed in that category. The biggest thing, I just didn't want to screw something up and google wasn't returning anything when I searched. No clue why it didn't tho. It's rare that google shows no matches. It usually finds something even if it is off the mark a bit. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] sys-fs/-MERGING-static-dev installed but unable to find it
On Monday 14 September 2015 15:50:20 wraeth wrote: > Granted I don't know your setup, but having nothing installed from > sys-fs/* seems a little odd to me. For example, I have the following > packages installed from the sys-fs category: > > eix -cI\#C sys-fs > sys-fs/btrfs-progs > sys-fs/cryptsetup > sys-fs/e2fsprogs > sys-fs/fuse > sys-fs/lvm2 > sys-fs/ntfs3g > sys-fs/udev > sys-fs/udev-init-scripts > sys-fs/udisks > > Accordingly, I have the following in /var/db/pkg/sys-fs/ > > ls -lhn /var/db/pkg/sys-fs > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 534 2015-09-14 09:51 btrfs-progs-4.2 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 520 2015-09-10 11:14 cryptsetup-1.6.8 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 494 2015-09-10 12:56 e2fsprogs-1.42.13 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 494 2015-09-10 18:29 fuse-2.9.4 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 526 2015-09-10 21:41 lvm2-2.02.116 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 520 2015-09-10 11:13 ntfs3g-2015.3.14 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 538 2015-09-10 22:21 udev-225 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 464 2015-09-10 19:02 udev-init-scripts-30 > drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 512 2015-09-11 03:26 udisks-2.1.6 > > If you legitimately don't have anything installed from the sys-fs > category, then all should be safe I guess; but if you do, then other > mysteries may be afoot... I think Dale meant that the -MERGING- directory under /var/db/pkg/sys-fs was empty. This happened to me once too, and I asked about it here. As soon as someone said it was a temporary directory used during the merging of a package, all became clear - it should have been removed at the end of the merge but for some reason it hadn't. -- Rgds Peter
Re: [SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] sys-fs/-MERGING-static-dev installed but unable to find it
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 14/09/15 15:34, Dale wrote: > Well, I'd be chicken to have two packages dealing with /dev at the > same time, although portage says it is not a blocker. > > For future reference, I went and dug in this path: > > /var/db/pkg/sys-fs > > It turned out it was just a empty directory and deleting it cleared > it up. Since it was empty, I guess that was safe enough. If > anything was in it, then I'd be wanting to make sure it was safe to > remove first. > > So, it's fixed. I get a clean eix run and if its happy, I'm happy. > ;-) Granted I don't know your setup, but having nothing installed from sys-fs/* seems a little odd to me. For example, I have the following packages installed from the sys-fs category: eix -cI\#C sys-fs sys-fs/btrfs-progs sys-fs/cryptsetup sys-fs/e2fsprogs sys-fs/fuse sys-fs/lvm2 sys-fs/ntfs3g sys-fs/udev sys-fs/udev-init-scripts sys-fs/udisks Accordingly, I have the following in /var/db/pkg/sys-fs/ ls -lhn /var/db/pkg/sys-fs total 0 drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 534 2015-09-14 09:51 btrfs-progs-4.2 drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 520 2015-09-10 11:14 cryptsetup-1.6.8 drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 494 2015-09-10 12:56 e2fsprogs-1.42.13 drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 494 2015-09-10 18:29 fuse-2.9.4 drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 526 2015-09-10 21:41 lvm2-2.02.116 drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 520 2015-09-10 11:13 ntfs3g-2015.3.14 drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 538 2015-09-10 22:21 udev-225 drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 464 2015-09-10 19:02 udev-init-scripts-30 drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 512 2015-09-11 03:26 udisks-2.1.6 If you legitimately don't have anything installed from the sys-fs category, then all should be safe I guess; but if you do, then other mysteries may be afoot... - -- wraeth GnuPG Key: B2D9F759 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iF4EAREIAAYFAlX2YBgACgkQXcRKerLZ91lp1QD/ZTJvDfpdti6HxdmZK9ecB0pD qPFQSbc+P9iRIvwmYy8A/2bDtIy6CfAZ6ewpZg438y1lk4axUQ8U3VHjOx8CHzAq =4w2J -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] sys-fs/-MERGING-static-dev installed but unable to find it
waben...@gmail.com wrote: > wraeth wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA256 >> >> On 14/09/15 13:46, Dale wrote: >>> So, it's installed but I can't find it to remove it. What the heck >>> is this about? Anyone else ever run into this? Is there a way to >>> "find" it?? Can I remove it somehow?? >> I'm not certain, but I believe the -MERGING-* files are left over from >> an interrupted Install phase. Dr. Google suggests manually removing >> [1,2] and while I did come across this many moons ago, I can't recall >> how I dealt with it myself. >> >> 1: >> http://negativesum.net/tech/linux/gentoo/log/fixing-portage-when-it-has- >> wedged-a-package-as-merging >> 2: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-882687.html > @Dale > > Have you tried to install it again? If that works, you can maybe remove > it afterwards. > > -- > Regards > wabe > > Well, I'd be chicken to have two packages dealing with /dev at the same time, although portage says it is not a blocker. For future reference, I went and dug in this path: /var/db/pkg/sys-fs It turned out it was just a empty directory and deleting it cleared it up. Since it was empty, I guess that was safe enough. If anything was in it, then I'd be wanting to make sure it was safe to remove first. So, it's fixed. I get a clean eix run and if its happy, I'm happy. ;-) Thanks all. Dale :-) :-)
