Re: [gentoo-user] Damaged file in portage cache

[Rudmer van Dijk <rudmer.van.dijk@casema.nl>]

On Thursday 14 June 2007, Jean-Baptiste Mestelan wrote:
> I cannot emerge --sync my system anymore, as this brings out the

try running `emerge --metadata` it will restore the portage cache 
in /var/cache/edb/dep

	Rudmer


> following error :
> >>> Updating Portage cache:      Traceback (most recent call last):
>
>   File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 5530, in ?
>     retval = emerge_main()
>   File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 5489, in emerge_main
>     action_metadata(settings, portdb, myopts)
>   File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4300, in action_metadata
>     eclass_cache=ec, verbose_instance=noise_maker)
>   File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/util.py", line 22, in mirror_cache
>     dead_nodes = dict.fromkeys(trg_cache.keys())
>   File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/template.py", line 95, in keys
>     return tuple(self.iterkeys())
>   File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/flat_hash.py", line 122, in iterkeys
>     st = os.lstat(p)
> OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
> '/var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-misc/vmpsd-1.3-r\x12'
>
>
> So, it looks like the problem is with the content of the directory
> /var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-misc/
>
> localhost net-misc # cd /var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-misc/
> localhost net-misc # ls ./ (TAB PRESSED)
> asterisk-chan_capi-0.4.^P_pre1    netprofiles)ims-0.1.0134         
> stuNnel-4.15 htbinit^I0.8.5                    netstat)nat-1.4.7
> suite3230-3.3.2_p1
> icaclient-9^N0-r1                 networkianager-0.6.4_pre20061028
> tightvnc-1.^R.9-r4
> iputils)20060512                  sipsak-0.9.^Q
> vmpsd-1.3-r^R
> linUx-identd-1.3-r1               stoje-2.2e
> vnc-4.1^N2-r1
> lksctp-Pools-1.0.4                stone-2^N2c
> memcached-1^N1.13-r1              streamtuner-0.9^Y.99
>
> This shows that the offending file somehow exists (?); but these files
> cannot be accessed, as the ls command shows :
> localhost net-misc # ls
> ls: cannot access vmpsd-1.3-r\x12: No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access streamtuner-0.9\x19.99: No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access vnc-4.12-⎼1: N⎺ ⎽┤␌␤ °␋┌␊ ⎺⎼ ␍␋⎼␊␌├⎺⎼≤
> ┌⎽: ␌▒┼┼⎺├ ▒␌␌␊⎽⎽ ┼␊├⎻⎼⎺°␋┌␊⎽)␋└⎽-0.1.0134: N⎺ ⎽┤␌␤ °␋┌␊ ⎺⎼ ␍␋⎼␊␌├⎺⎼≤
> ┌⎽: ␌▒┼┼⎺├ ▒␌␌␊⎽⎽ ┼␊├⎽├▒├)┼▒├-1.4.7: N⎺ ⎽┤␌␤ °␋┌␊ ⎺⎼ ␍␋⎼␊␌├⎺⎼≤
> <+ more garbage >
>
> Is my filesystem damaged ?
> rm -rf /var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-misc has no effect on these
> problematic files ; I have executed fsck.ext2 on the filesystem, and
> this reported no error.
>
> Many thanks for your helpful suggestions.


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