From: kashani <kashani-list@badapple.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] No more... more?
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:27:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4900DE17.6000905@badapple.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200810231422.05701.mdiehl@diehlnet.com>
Mike Diehl wrote:
> The other day I was updating a fairly ancient system by trying to first clear
> out some emerge blockers. I've taken care of the blockers, but now I find
> that my system no longer has a more command:
>
> # more
> bash: more: command not found
>
> I also notice that sys-apps/more is masked:
>
> * sys-apps/more [ Masked ]
> Latest version available: 2.12r
> Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
> Size of files: 1,338 kB
> Homepage: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/
> Description: Primitive text file viewer
> License: GPL-2
>
> Surely this isn't what I'm supposed to install just to get "more." Please
> advise.
>
You didn't happen to unmerge coreutils did you because it was blocking?
If so that is the cause of your problems. I'm not sure how to recovery
from a lack of coreutils since most of your system binaries are now gone.
kashani
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-23 20:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-23 20:22 [gentoo-user] No more... more? Mike Diehl
2008-10-23 20:27 ` kashani [this message]
2008-10-23 21:40 ` kashani
2008-10-23 20:27 ` Andrey Falko
2008-10-23 20:31 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-10-23 20:37 ` Neil Bothwick
2008-10-23 20:38 ` Alan McKinnon
2008-10-23 20:54 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-10-23 21:28 ` Mike Diehl
2008-10-24 1:12 ` Stroller
2008-10-23 20:32 ` Etaoin Shrdlu
2008-10-23 21:28 ` Mike Diehl
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