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* [gentoo-user] Package removal error
@ 2008-03-31 22:10 Anthony E. Caudel
  2008-03-31 22:19 ` Albert Hopkins
  2008-04-01  4:07 ` [gentoo-user] Package removal error [solved] Anthony E. Caudel
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Anthony E. Caudel @ 2008-03-31 22:10 UTC (permalink / raw
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While updating world and after emerging a new version of texinfo, I 
received the following error when it tried to remove the old version:

==========================================
 sys-apps/texinfo
    selected: 4.8-r5
   protected: 4.11-r1
     omitted: none

 >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
 >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.

 >>> Unmerging sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5...
/var/tmp/binpkgs/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/temp/environment: line 256: 
syntax error near unexpected token `('
/var/tmp/binpkgs/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/temp/environment: line 256: 
`            done <<(get_mounts);'
 *
 * ERROR: sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *               ebuild.sh, line 1641:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *      preprocess_ebuild_env || \
 *              die "error processing environment"
 *  The die message:
 *   error processing environment
 *
 * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack 
if relevant.
 * A complete build log is located at 
'/var/tmp/binpkgs/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at 
'/var/tmp/binpkgs/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/temp/environment'.
 *
!!! FAILED prerm: 1
 * The 'prerm' phase of the 'sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5' package has failed
 * with exit value 1. The problem occurred while executing the ebuild
 * located at '/var/db/pkg/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/texinfo-4.8-r5.ebuild'.
 * If necessary, manually remove the ebuild in order to skip the execution
 * of removal phases.
========================================

How do I handle this?  I notice it recommends removing the ebuild but 
how would that remove the old package?  Should I just wait and re-sync 
after a while, hoping they fix it.  Nothing in BGO yet.

Tony

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