From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from deborah.paradise.net.nz (deborah.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.32]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79081AC435 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 18:11:29 -0500 (CDT) Received: from oregano.parkerpechan.co.nz (203-79-125-118.adsl.paradise.net.nz [203.79.125.118]) by deborah.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8EABD2825 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:11:26 +1200 (NZST) Received: from basil.parkerpechan.co.nz (basil.parkerpechan.co.nz [192.168.0.4]) by oregano.parkerpechan.co.nz (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5DNBPZ25419 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:11:26 +1200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Lars Pechan To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] emerge broken Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:11:24 +1200 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.1 References: <1089.63.204.248.62.1024006398.squirrel@dominion.tharin.com> In-Reply-To: <1089.63.204.248.62.1024006398.squirrel@dominion.tharin.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200206141111.24890.lars.pechan@paradise.net.nz> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 55f388eb-5957-4e6a-aaf5-1f426ed22417 X-Archives-Hash: 10971d5208c0949a1ab3550c3c0c5d79 This, unfortunately, is not an uncommon problem:=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D1829 Should get you up and running again. I also remember seeing a post offeri= ng a=20 script to recreate the counter file with the correct number of packages i= n=20 it.=20 HTH /Lasse On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 10:13, lang@tharin.com wrote: > OK, no one has been able to offer a solution to my problem with emerge > > erroring out with: > >>> Merging sys-apps/portage-1.9.13 to / > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1242, in ? > mydepgraph.merge(mydepgraph.altlist()) > File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 619, in merge > retval=3Dportage.doebuild(y,"merge",myroot,edebug) > File > "/var/tmp/portage/portage-1.9.13/image//usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages= /por >tage.py",line 1102, in doebuild return > merge(settings["CATEGORY"],settings["PF"],settings["D"],settings["BUILD= DIR" >]+"/build-info",myroot,myebuild=3Dsettings["EBUILD"]) File > "/var/tmp/portage/portage-1.9.13/image//usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages= /por >tage.py",line 1354, in merge mylink.merge(pkgloc,infloc,myroot,myebuild) > File > "/var/tmp/portage/portage-1.9.13/image//usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages= /por >tage.py",line 3180, in merge > self.treewalk(mergeroot,myroot,inforoot,myebuild) > File > "/var/tmp/portage/portage-1.9.13/image//usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages= /por >tage.py",line 2858, in treewalk > packagecounter=3Dlong(globalcounterfile.readline()) > ValueError: invalid literal for long(): > > > With any package I try to emerge. I really don't want to reinstall, jus= t > don't have a lot of time. Does anyone know offhand if untarring the sta= ge3 > tarball over my current / directory will do evil things to my system? I= t's > just a shot in the dark, but I'm thinking it might get things in workin= g > order, then re emerge the handfull of apps that I use. Any comments on = this > plan? > > > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev