[gentoo-user] emerging gentoo-sources failing due to file collisions

I've never experienced this phenomenon prior to gentoo-sources-2.6.31.-r6. I've always emerged gentoo-sources and they peacefully sat there and waited until I built the corresponding kernel later when I felt like it - if ever. With 2.6.31-r6, however, the emerge fails and consequently screws up

Re: [gentoo-user] emerging gentoo-sources failing due to file collisions

On 6 Jan, Walt Rarus wrote: I've never experienced this phenomenon prior to gentoo-sources-2.6.31.-r6. I've always emerged gentoo-sources and they peacefully sat there and waited until I built the corresponding kernel later when I felt like it - if ever. With 2.6.31-r6, however, the emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] emerging gentoo-sources failing due to file collisions

So, please check where these files came from by qfile /usr/src/linux-2.6.31-gentoo-r6/Makefile WALRUS ~ # qfile /usr/src/linux-2.6.31-gentoo-r6/Makefile sys-kernel/-MERGING-gentoo-sources (/usr/src/linux-2.6.31-gentoo-r6/Makefile) Whatever that means. Have you installed this kernel 'by

Re: [gentoo-user] emerging gentoo-sources failing due to file collisions

An earlier attempt to merge those sources failed and the install is left incomplete. Do a --depclean to be safe, delete the source tree, merge it again On 06 Jan 2010 9:33 PM, Walt Rarus geeked...@gmail.com wrote: So, please check where these files came from by qfile