From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MD7BW-0004km-M9 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:28:30 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0942CE0266; Sun, 7 Jun 2009 01:28:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out4.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out4.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.150]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 516B9E0266 for ; Sun, 7 Jun 2009 01:28:27 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAH60Kkp8qUFf/2dsb2JhbADMT4QKBQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.41,317,1241366400"; d="scan'208";a="411430137" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([124.169.65.95]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out4.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 07 Jun 2009 09:28:25 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id E92F818CF4DE for ; Sun, 7 Jun 2009 09:28:24 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id nRqhiYkOeZOy for ; Sun, 7 Jun 2009 09:28:22 +0800 (WST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (rattus [192.168.1.2]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44CCC18CF51E for ; Sun, 7 Jun 2009 09:28:22 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can fix preserved-rebuild ... From: William Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200906061923.13739.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <1244289806.15834.22.camel@rattus> <200906061923.13739.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Home in Perth! Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:28:21 +0800 Message-Id: <1244338101.15834.31.camel@rattus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b01d982f-6c38-4484-8a83-0e869ae5831d X-Archives-Hash: 9069546470db79d9cfc37ce175c51d4a On Sat, 2009-06-06 at 19:23 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 06 June 2009 18:23:26 walt wrote: > > William Kenworthy wrote: > > > After each update, these appear, and for libusb, the number slowly > > > increases (up to 185 now). so far I have done the suggested "emerge > > > @preserved-rebuild", plus tried rebuilding every package mentioned but > > > after building, there is no change ... > > > > > > !!! existing preserved libs: > > >>>> package: dev-libs/libusb-0.1.12-r5 > > > > > > * - /lib/libusb.so > > > * used by /lib/udev/check-mtp-device (media-libs/libgphoto2-2.4.3) > > > * used by /usr/bin/dfutool (net-wireless/bluez-utils-3.36) > > > * used by /usr/bin/evolution (mail-client/evolution-2.26.2) > > > * used by 185 other files > > > > > >>>> package: x11-libs/libXaw-1.0.5 > > > > > > * - /usr/lib/libXaw.so.8 > > > * - /usr/lib/libXaw8.so > > > * - /usr/lib/libXaw8.so.8 > > > * - /usr/lib/libXaw8.so.8.0.0 > > > * used by /usr/bin/xgpsspeed (sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38) > > > Use emerge @preserved-rebuild to rebuild packages using these libraries > > > rattus ~ # > > > > Are you using an unstable version of gentoo, e.g. ~x86 or ~amd64? The > > only reason I know of for 'preserving' an old version is if there is also > > a newer one, i.e. libusb-1.0.1, which is a ~ version. > > rattus ~ # equery l libusb * Searching for libusb ... * installed packages: [I--] [ ] dev-libs/libusb-0.1.12-r5 (0) rattus ~ # > > ... > > As for the OP, I can only guess what might be causing this. Let's start with > obvious stuff: > > 1. Is portage the latest version for your arch? > 2. What does revdep-rebuild return? > 3. What is your arch, and is it a mixture of stable and ~? The system is quite a few years old - the original install was ~2000, and has quite a few hardware upgrades/rebuilds in between. Current (for at least a couple of years) cpu is amd athlon barton 2500+. Software is a mix of stable, ~x86 and pinned (mostly particular ~x86 at the time) working versions to avoid some of the upgrade treadmill. rattus ~ # esearch portage [ Results for search key : portage ] [ Applications found : 5 ] ... * app-portage/portage-utils Latest version available: 0.1.29 Latest version installed: 0.1.29 Size of downloaded files: 77 kB Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org/ Description: small and fast portage helper tools written in C License: GPL-2 * sys-apps/portage Latest version available: 2.1.6.13 Latest version installed: 2.2_rc15 Size of downloaded files: 732 kB Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/index.xml Description: Portage is the package management and distribution system for Gentoo License: GPL-2 rattus ~ # I think I had installed 2.2_rc15, and then that stupid forced downgrade because someone wanted a version tested came in - I'll try sorting out the portage version first as that looks like a possible culprit. BillK -- William Kenworthy Home in Perth!