Re: [gentoo-user] sys-fs/-MERGING-static-dev installed but unable to find it

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

wabenbau@gmail.com wrote:
> <wabenbau@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Howdy,
>>>
>>> I ran eix-test-obsolete and in the output, I get the following:
>>>
>>>
>>> The following installed packages are not in the database:
>>>
>>> sys-fs/-MERGING-static-dev
>>> --
>>>
>>> Equery gives me this:
>>>
>>> root@fireball / # equery list *static-dev*
>>>  * Searching for *static-dev* ...
>>> !!! No installed packages matching '*static-dev*'
>>> root@fireball / # 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Other tools report this:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> root@fireball / # emerge -s static-dev
>>>  
>>> [ Results for search key : static-dev ]
>>> Searching...
>>>
>>> *  sys-fs/static-dev
>>>       Latest version available: 0.1
>>>       Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
>>>       Size of files: 0 KiB
>>>       Homepage:      https://bugs.gentoo.org/107875
>>>       Description:   A skeleton, statically managed /dev
>>>       License:       GPL-2
>>>
>>> [ Applications found : 1 ]
>>>
>>> root@fireball / # eix static-dev
>>> * sys-fs/static-dev
>>>      Available versions:  0.1
>>>      Homepage:            https://bugs.gentoo.org/107875
>>>      Description:         A skeleton, statically managed /dev
>>>
>>> root@fireball / #
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So, it's installed but I can't find it to remove it.  What the heck
>>> is this about?  Anyone else ever run into this?  Is there a way to
>>> "find" it??  Can I remove it somehow??
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>> :-)  :-) 
>>>
>> It's also installed on my system and probably it's a forgotten relict
>> from ancient times (my last gentoo installation on this machine was
>> in 2007).
>>
>> To be honest, I never ran eix-test-obsolete. My system is running
>> fine and atm I don't have much time. So I will leave it as it is.
>>
>> Maybe the static dev is useful in the case that udev refuses to work
>> for any reason. :-)
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> wabe
> Sorry, I forgot to mention that the package is shown up when I search
> for it. I don't have any clue why this is not the case for your system.
>  
> $ eix static-dev
> [I] sys-fs/static-dev
>      Available versions:  0.1{tbz2}
>      Installed versions:  0.1{tbz2}(01:46:27 08.03.2013)
>      Homepage:            https://bugs.gentoo.org/107875
>      Description:         A skeleton, statically managed /dev
>
>
> $ equery list *static-dev*
>  * Searching for *static-dev* ...
> [IP-] [  ] sys-fs/static-dev-0.1:0
>
>
> $ emerge -s static-dev
>   
> [ Results for search key : static-dev ]
> Searching...
>
> *  sys-fs/static-dev
>       Latest version available: 0.1
>       Latest version installed: 0.1
>       Size of files: 0 KiB
>       Homepage:      https://bugs.gentoo.org/107875
>       Description:   A skeleton, statically managed /dev
>       License:       GPL-2
>
> [ Applications found : 1 ]
>
>
> --
> Regards
> wabe
>
>


Yea, but what I want to get rid of is MERGING-static-dev not just
static-dev.  I just searched for static-dev to make sure it would find
anything that matches, since that all caps part looks fishy. 

Dale

:-)  :-)