From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCBA71393F1 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 04:37:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1A88921C092; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 04:37:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.web-xs.org (mail.web-xs.org [148.251.4.204]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D4E8121C053 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 04:36:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.web-xs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0F396EC2C0B for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 06:36:58 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.web-xs.org Received: from mail.web-xs.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.web-xs.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id YJGdaxOfUOJg for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 06:36:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from server-1.localdomain (p54A71724.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.167.23.36]) (Authenticated sender: lukas@der-erste-sinn.de) by mail.web-xs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C7E786EC2473 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 06:36:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hal9000.localdomain (hal.localdomain [192.168.0.2]) by server-1.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C7C23F7A3 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 06:36:56 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 06:36:33 +0200 From: To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] sys-fs/-MERGING-static-dev installed but unable to find it Message-ID: <20150914063633.72f15f31@hal9000.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <55F642F9.5020402@gmail.com> References: <55F642F9.5020402@gmail.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9c78876d-0e63-4310-a7fc-1b254d0639f9 X-Archives-Hash: e8b3bb79debfd69c76e0d8d2b7425982 Dale 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