From: Lars Pechan <lars.pechan@paradise.net.nz>
To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Serious portage problem...
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:54:06 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200206250954.06742.lars.pechan@paradise.net.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020624214647.GA21300@kruhftwerk.dyndns.org>
See http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1829
It mentions losing the counterfile as the result of a power outage but the
problem is the same regardless.
Also, if you search the archives I'm quite sure someone has posted a script
re-establishing the counterfile with a correct value.
HTH,
/Lasse
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:46, Burton Samograd wrote:
> I checked that file and it seemed to be empty (except for some binary
> data):
>
> --- contents of counter ---
>
> ^@^@^@
>
> ----------------------------
>
> i'm on x86 for the record. i'm thinking that just setting that to
> zero would fix the problem but i'll wait until someone with more
> portage knowledge suggests it first :)
>
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 02:15:47PM -0700, Ryan Phillips wrote:
> > * Burton Samograd <kruhft@shaw.ca> [2002-06-24 13:00]:
> > > ValueError: invalid literal for long():
> >
> > I'm going out on a limb here...
> > Check /var/cache/edb/counter... Is there an L at the end of
> > the number? If there isn't add one, if there is delete it.
> >
> > Maybe that will help.
> >
> > Which platform are you on? PPC/x86
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ryan
>
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-24 19:47 [gentoo-dev] Serious portage problem Burton Samograd
2002-06-24 20:16 ` Christophe Vanfleteren
2002-06-24 21:03 ` Burton Samograd
2002-06-24 21:15 ` Ryan Phillips
2002-06-24 21:46 ` Burton Samograd
2002-06-24 21:54 ` Lars Pechan [this message]
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