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 4F8691393F1 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 05:01:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A39DE21C089; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 05:01:01 +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 7CAF6E087F for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 05:01:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.web-xs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13CB76EC2C27 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 07:00:59 +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 Okz+aYYkIlWA for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 07:00:57 +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 24A556EC2C23 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 07:00:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hal9000.localdomain (hal.localdomain [192.168.0.2]) by server-1.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C3933F5D2 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 07:00:56 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 07:00:16 +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: <20150914070016.6574d35e@hal9000.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20150914063633.72f15f31@hal9000.localdomain> References: <55F642F9.5020402@gmail.com> <20150914063633.72f15f31@hal9000.localdomain> 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: cd9025bb-c99d-4521-b1f5-1cb786299147 X-Archives-Hash: f365af6af552700b84e5d90dc5ae697e wrote: > 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 Sorry, I forgot to mention that the package is shown up when I search for it. I don't have any clue why this is not the case for your system. $ eix static-dev [I] sys-fs/static-dev Available versions: 0.1{tbz2} Installed versions: 0.1{tbz2}(01:46:27 08.03.2013) Homepage: https://bugs.gentoo.org/107875 Description: A skeleton, statically managed /dev $ equery list *static-dev* * Searching for *static-dev* ... [IP-] [ ] sys-fs/static-dev-0.1:0 $ emerge -s static-dev [ Results for search key : static-dev ] Searching... * sys-fs/static-dev Latest version available: 0.1 Latest version installed: 0.1 Size of files: 0 KiB Homepage: https://bugs.gentoo.org/107875 Description: A skeleton, statically managed /dev License: GPL-2 [ Applications found : 1 ] -- Regards wabe