Re: [gentoo-user] All sorts of digest verification failures

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Grant Edwards wrote:
> After an emerge --sync that appeared to work with no problems, my
> "emerge -auvND world" command is reporting that the Changelong files
> are broken for about 2/3 of the packages it wants to update:
>
> !!! Digest verification failed:
> !!! /usr/portage/dev-libs/libxml2/ChangeLog
> !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size
> !!! Got: 5221
> !!! Expected: 5038
>
> !!! Digest verification failed:
> !!! /usr/portage/app-text/iso-codes/ChangeLog
> !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size
> !!! Got: 4195
> !!! Expected: 4014
>
> [ ... and so on for another dozen or so packages ... ]
>
> I removed the emerge timestamp, sync'ed again, and got the same
> result.  Based on past experiences, I'm guessing that if I wait a day
> or two and sync again the problems will go away.
>
> But I am curious what causes these temporary breakages.  Does anybody
> know how this happens?
>


I synced just a few minutes ago and got this:




These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R    ] sys-apps/busybox-1.23.1-r1::gentoo  USE="ipv6 static
syslog -debug -livecd -make-symlinks -math -mdev -pam* -savedconfig
(-selinux) -sep-usr -systemd" 0 KiB
[ebuild     U ~] media-libs/mesa-11.0.5::gentoo [11.0.4::gentoo]
USE="classic dri3 egl gallium gbm llvm nptl udev -bindist -d3d9 -debug
-gles1 -gles2 -opencl -openmax -osmesa -pax_kernel -pic (-selinux)
-vaapi -vdpau -wayland -xa -xvmc" ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)"
VIDEO_CARDS="(-freedreno) -i915 -i965 -ilo -intel -nouveau -r100 -r200
-r300 -r600 -radeon -radeonsi -vmware" 7,102 KiB
[ebuild     U ~] net-analyzer/rrdtool-1.5.5::gentoo [1.5.4::gentoo]
USE="graph perl tcl tcpd -dbi -doc -lua -python -rados -rrdcgi -ruby
-static-libs" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" 2,137 KiB

Total: 3 packages (2 upgrades, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 9,238 KiB

Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] y
>>> Verifying ebuild manifests

!!! Digest verification failed:
!!! /var/cache/portage/tree/sys-apps/busybox/busybox-9999.ebuild
!!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size
!!! Got: 8493
!!! Expected: 8580
>>> Emerging (1 of 3) sys-apps/busybox-1.23.1-r1::gentoo
>>> Jobs: 0 of 3 complete, 1 running                Load avg: 1.38,
1.81, 1.98
!!! Digest verification failed:
!!! /var/cache/portage/tree/sys-apps/busybox/busybox-9999.ebuild
!!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size
!!! Got: 8493
!!! Expected: 8580
>>> Emerging (2 of 3) media-libs/mesa-11.0.5::gentoo
>>> Failed to emerge sys-apps/busybox-1.23.1-r1
 


It would seem this is a widespread problem and not just some small fluke. 

Maybe it will sort out in a few days. 

Dale

:-)  :-)