Re: [gentoo-user] sys-fs/-MERGING-static-dev installed but unable to find it

[<wabenbau@gmail.com>]

Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

> Howdy,
> 
> I ran eix-test-obsolete and in the output, I get the following:
> 
> 
> The following installed packages are not in the database:
> 
> sys-fs/-MERGING-static-dev
> --
> 
> Equery gives me this:
> 
> root@fireball / # equery list *static-dev*
>  * Searching for *static-dev* ...
> !!! No installed packages matching '*static-dev*'
> root@fireball / # 
> 
> 
> 
> Other tools report this:
> 
> 
> 
> root@fireball / # emerge -s static-dev
>  
> [ Results for search key : static-dev ]
> Searching...
> 
> *  sys-fs/static-dev
>       Latest version available: 0.1
>       Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
>       Size of files: 0 KiB
>       Homepage:      https://bugs.gentoo.org/107875
>       Description:   A skeleton, statically managed /dev
>       License:       GPL-2
> 
> [ Applications found : 1 ]
> 
> root@fireball / # eix static-dev
> * sys-fs/static-dev
>      Available versions:  0.1
>      Homepage:            https://bugs.gentoo.org/107875
>      Description:         A skeleton, statically managed /dev
> 
> root@fireball / #
> 
> 
> 
> So, it's installed but I can't find it to remove it.  What the heck is
> this about?  Anyone else ever run into this?  Is there a way to "find"
> it??  Can I remove it somehow??
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-) 
> 

It's also installed on my system and probably it's a forgotten relict from 
ancient times (my last gentoo installation on this machine was in 2007).

To be honest, I never ran eix-test-obsolete. My system is running fine and
atm I don't have much time. So I will leave it as it is.

Maybe the static dev is useful in the case that udev refuses to work for 
any reason. :-)

--
Regards
wabe