Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-16 Thread Erik
Alan McKinnon skrev: On Saturday 14 November 2009 01:13:06 Neil Bothwick wrote: However, it did get to the point where it was complaining about two packages and the number of files to be rebuilt went (IIRC) 52, 50, 50, so I decide since it was rebuilding 50 packages the 2nd 3rd times it

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:06:02 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: I think it is being over-cautious, which results in packages being rebuilt multiple time unnecessarily, but I's rather give it the chance to fix itself. That said, I've never had a list anything like 50 packages long, but I do update

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 14 November 2009 01:13:06 Neil Bothwick wrote: However, it did get to the point where it was complaining about two packages and the number of files to be rebuilt went (IIRC) 52, 50, 50, so I decide since it was rebuilding 50 packages the 2nd 3rd times it wasn't going to

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 14 November 2009 03:06:02 Mark Knecht wrote: It wasn't that I had 50 packages in the emerge -DuN @world. That was something like 10. It was after that finished and I ran @preserved-rebuild that it said 50 packages were effected by something it found, but those 50 were all dependent

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:15 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Almost invariably it's an automagic dependency where the offending package is not in DEPEND. If you have been through the cycle at least once, it is safe to delete /var/lib/portage/preserved_libs_registry and continue on your way.

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 13 November 2009 14:39:52 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:15 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Almost invariably it's an automagic dependency where the offending package is not in DEPEND. If you have been through the cycle at least once, it is safe to delete

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-13 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday 13 November 2009 14:39:52 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:15 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Almost invariably it's an automagic dependency where the offending package is not in DEPEND. If you

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 13 November 2009 21:46:04 Mark Knecht wrote: On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday 13 November 2009 14:39:52 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:15 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Almost invariably it's an automagic

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-13 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday 13 November 2009 21:46:04 Mark Knecht wrote: On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday 13 November 2009 14:39:52 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 12 Nov 2009

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:19:26 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: I agree that we want to be in agreement but then what are our options if emerge @preserved-rebuild goes into an endless loop as it seems it was doing yesterday? Was it an endless loop? AIUI you emerged twice and the @preserved-rebuild

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-13 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:19:26 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: I agree that we want to be in agreement but then what are our options if emerge @preserved-rebuild goes into an endless loop as it seems it was doing yesterday?

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:33 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Was it an endless loop? AIUI you emerged twice and the @preserved-rebuild count decreased. In my experience, it can occasionally take a few runs to clear the list, sometimes subsequent runs add packages that were not there

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-13 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:33 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Was it an endless loop? AIUI you emerged twice and the @preserved-rebuild count decreased. In my experience, it can occasionally take a few runs to clear the list, sometimes subsequent runs add packages that were

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-13 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:33 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Was it an endless loop? AIUI you emerged twice and the @preserved-rebuild count decreased. In my experience, it can occasionally take a few runs to clear the

[gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-12 Thread Mark Knecht
So on one machine yesterday I did emerge -DuN @world which then suggested the need for emerge @preserved-rebuild which I did over night. This morning it was finished but suggested the need for a second emerge @preserved-rebuild. As I don't need the machine right now I kicked it off and will check

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-12 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 12 November 2009 16:43:15 Mark Knecht wrote: So on one machine yesterday I did emerge -DuN @world which then suggested the need for emerge @preserved-rebuild which I did over night. This morning it was finished but suggested the need for a second emerge @preserved-rebuild. As I

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-12 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday 12 November 2009 16:43:15 Mark Knecht wrote: So on one machine yesterday I did emerge -DuN @world which then suggested the need for emerge @preserved-rebuild which I did over night. This morning it was

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-12 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday 12 November 2009 16:43:15 Mark Knecht wrote: So on one machine yesterday I did emerge -DuN @world which then suggested the need

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-12 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday 12 November 2009 18:19:02 Mark Knecht wrote: Again, thanks Alan. The second pass through finished up and the same offending package (apparently e2fsprogs-libs ?) was still listed so erasing the

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @ world - @preserved-rebuild - @preserved-rebuild - what next?

2009-11-12 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 12 November 2009 18:19:02 Mark Knecht wrote: Again, thanks Alan. The second pass through finished up and the same offending package (apparently e2fsprogs-libs ?) was still listed so erasing the preserved_libs_registry file and using revdep-rebuild -i suggests that the machine is