From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D025D158086 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2022 10:01:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D7732BC04E; Sun, 9 Jan 2022 10:01:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (mail.digimed.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6ED842BC009 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2022 10:01:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 0EA8831385 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2022 10:01:01 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2022 10:00:52 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Portage detects fake "world file problems" and packages that don't exist Message-ID: <20220109100052.600d51db@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.18.0 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/tgyIDtbxEUuX23Sp/W/UmwS"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 X-Archives-Salt: d968b3fd-9fb3-49d2-913b-8e6b100be5ba X-Archives-Hash: b2a567fecbc577fbd3479f3509d05151 --Sig_/tgyIDtbxEUuX23Sp/W/UmwS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 8 Jan 2022 22:44:08 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > This is weird. When doing: >=20 > emerge -auDU @world >=20 > Portage says: >=20 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > !!! Problems have been detected with your world file > !!! Please run emaint --check world >=20 >=20 > !!! Ebuilds for the following packages are either all > !!! masked or don't exist: > media-sound/pavucontrol media-sound/pulseeffects sys-block/gparted >=20 > Nothing to merge; quitting. > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >=20 > My world file is fine and "emaint --check world" doesn't find anything.=20 > Also, all these packages that portage claims are masked or don't exist=20 > are not masked and they exist. Have you edited your world file manually? I wonder if you could have introduced some non-ASCII characters or changed line endings - something that portage objects to but emaint doesn't.=20 If that sounds like clutching at straws, it's because it is. --=20 Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 19: Passive aggression --Sig_/tgyIDtbxEUuX23Sp/W/UmwS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAmHaslQACgkQ92eFu0QS MJiHJA//fgKkICEUOzAdgw62dwlVe0jrIQTFreF9B6Q/GtvbZl0zZOCDer8YyxgO yUA/DAkY80qR1xcFaqNLLYEILuvA6G5vbgUoiNExusQxm39D3nZTbAv3NGqvjm6M 41tloR5tY/RSJsJ71l32es7Rm0Cp96GK+Qyo9EtE87DLtPRtN0m2CzzkwgQ/1w72 Mb2QjDOrDesAA0EmZiaCOb5v2c7XXhZkVRVNBB0UfydUHXIAvlN/tm9Ax06qcDXw xqpoxN0xb2BcMOT6SAoL4lKHFDHEVGuaP09lQho64ygmBxFJQpFtLDOrm3dOUUZH jeoIE1ZjHDuXza0DWMuBLY7nthyHgL5Pf0O1Gslaa2TlfTU/HnV1f7Jok23T6yIw nezUuqiJDvkATRy8LjufnoiH4f+Q8888U9SFom0mHW80TqGEjrlert9BP/RjYql7 rIIlpq6GEFvvbHWwXgCaCV1s3oNr/EBsRQm9wCerovBPvJibhSAkx7QyloguGrK0 tWx7oIPAt2CuwuNE17ADEBEUksgHLTaiPGSBSeHIEmVQdVyiK2V+8sA6XRZfb7DN ElAR8Z5giEE6vpEkBeTboAnnFxkjM3CnD9RoHk41rt05oys5aXUbE9cRtn2Iec4S pqB0a34OKyBaUJZoVj/9VKQRBvE2u6Y8x7rBEl0oThKzU9LpuTo= =S57F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/tgyIDtbxEUuX23Sp/W/UmwS--