From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KkK4w-0001GT-3W for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:50:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3D600E05F2; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:50:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from batman.blixtvik.net (batman.blixtvik.net [87.96.254.3]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFCB9E05F2 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:50:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [83.209.20.148] (unknown [83.209.20.148]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by batman.blixtvik.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A8DA7F8812 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:50:22 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <48E0EB11.9050008@sidvind.com> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:49:53 +0200 From: David Sveningsson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080920) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 2008.0 Installation Question... References: <550760.43103.qm@web65402.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> <48E0D86B.8060901@j-schmitz.net> In-Reply-To: <48E0D86B.8060901@j-schmitz.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig309DA80EC74F4B7830F25FEF" X-Archives-Salt: f5632f2c-ca82-4188-bbfa-d5da4440fc87 X-Archives-Hash: d2fd0c048a6bdadfe0c14c334bc3d648 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig309DA80EC74F4B7830F25FEF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Justin skrev: > BRM schrieb: >> I took the dive on my laptop this weekend and installed Gentoo 2008.0.= I started Friday night and used the stage3 and latest-portage. >> The initial install when okay, until I started emerging applications -= specifically X windows/KDE/etc; and that is the point I am still working= on. >> >> The problem seems to be that emerge/portage is not detecting dependenc= ies correctly, or rather - a dependency says it is installed but the ebui= lds for other packages that depend on it do not find the files it suppose= dly installed. For example, I have had to manually emerge nearly all the = X protocol (e.g. xproto, xkbproto, etc.) packages. >> >> I've installed several other gentoo systems, but not with 2008.0 direc= tly like this - my last two were installed under 2007.0 and upgraded to 2= 008.0 profiles. >> The only bug reports I come across seem to indicate broken e-builds, b= ut that does seem to be the case as "emerge --search " indicates= it is installed when in fact it might not be which leads me to believe t= hat the local portage database (?) is somehow broken or something... >> >> Has anyone else seen this kind of behavior? >> Is there anything I can to do get fixed? >> -- Preferably without re-installing from scratch, though I can if need= be since I haven't gotten that far despite >48 hours of time put into it= already. >> >> Nearly every time I run "emerge world -vuDN" it will go for a while an= d then break when the contents of a package that was supposedly installed= are not found by a package depending on it. >> >> Any how...any tips would be greatly appreciated! >> >> Ben >> >> >> =20 > you can also use equery check to check all files which should be > installed. Did you do an emerge --sync to corrected any portage brackag= e? >=20 I had a similar issue installing 2008.0 once but that was most likely a broken portage snapshot. emerge --sync fixed the problem. --=20 //*David Sveningsson [eXt]* Freelance coder | Game Development Student http://sidvind.com Thou shalt make thy program's purpose and structure clear to thy fellow man by using the One True Brace Style, even if thou likest it not, for thy creativity is better used in solving problems than in creating beautiful new impediments to understanding. --------------enig309DA80EC74F4B7830F25FEF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjg6xQACgkQ6pa1H/H5pqVvJgCeIL8Rcfe2g256bGldjG7w+x9r mCkAoJY1kHY3HvEpyOLHa2eO+f4I3fx5 =cQcA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig309DA80EC74F4B7830F25FEF--