Re: [gentoo-user] Can you rewrite this 1996 qfile command?

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

>>>> I've hit a bug that won't let me start an xfce4 session.  I think it
>>>> was caused by upgrading glibc, and it is pretty well described in this
>>>> nearly 4-year-old bug:
>>>>
>>>> http://bugs.gentoo.org/125909
>>>>
>>>> The solution is presented as:
>>>>
>>>> qlist -o $(qlist -ICv) | scanelf -Bs__guard -qf -  -F%F#s | xargs qfile
>>>>
>>>> but I get:
>>>>
>>>> qlist: invalid option -- 'l'
>>>> qlist: invalid option -- '['
>>>>
>>>> Removing the -l fixes the first invalid option, but I don't know how
>>>> to fix the second.  Does anyone know how to rewrite this command so it
>>>> will work?
>>>
>>>
>>> I can't see how you can get those errors, unless you have a broken qlist
>>> that
>>> is outputing something dodgy from the "qlist -ICv"
>>>
>>> If it persists, copy-paste your input and the output from your terminal
>>> into a
>>> mail. Or run
>>>
>>> qlist -o $(qlist -ICv) | less
>>>
>>> and examine that closely for errors
>>
>> I was making a transcription error before, but after correcting it, it
>> still doesn't work:
>>
>> # qlist -o $(qlist -ICv) | scanelf -Bs__guard -qf -  -F%F#s | xargs qfile
>> Usage: qfile <opts> <filename> : list all pkgs owning files
>>
>> Options: -[ef:m:oRx:vqChV]
>>   -e, --exact          * Exact match
>>   -f, --from     <arg> * Read arguments from file <arg> ("-" for stdin)
>>   -m, --max-args <arg> * Treat from file arguments by groups of <arg>
>> (defaults to 5000)
>>   -o, --orphans        * List orphan files
>>   -R, --root-prefix    * Assume arguments are already prefixed by $ROOT
>>   -x, --exclude  <arg> * Don't look in package <arg>
>>   -v, --verbose        * Make a lot of noise
>>   -q, --quiet          * Tighter output; suppress warnings
>>   -C, --nocolor        * Don't output color
>>   -h, --help           * Print this help and exit
>>   -V, --version        * Print version and exit
>>
>> Does anyone know what might be wrong?
>
> Solar's one-liner is likely working perfectly here. The one-liner just
> doesn't find any binaries with the ancient SSP symbol, and thus args
> for qfile are empty -- leading into qfile printing its usage.
>
> Everything seems to be just fine there, so we might need to back up to
> the point where you decided that this bug was a match for your
> problem. Did you get the same error? From which program exactly? Have
> you installed binaries that are not in portage's installed files'
> lists?

Thanks guys, I'm just going to emerge -e world and move on. :)

- Grant