From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NSbFb-0004rU-AC for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:08:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8A86AE099D; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 19:08:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mta-1.ms.rz.rwth-aachen.de (mta-1.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.130.7.72]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FF66E099D for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 19:08:21 +0000 (UTC) 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 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: INLINE Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Received: from ironport-out-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de ([134.130.5.40]) by mta-1.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.de (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008)) with ESMTP id <0KVU000SBAHW5910@mta-1.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.de> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:08:20 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.49,230,1262559600"; d="scan'208";a="39947748" Received: from relay-2.ms.rz.rwth-aachen.de (HELO relay.rwth-aachen.de) ([134.130.7.75]) by ironport-in-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de with ESMTP; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:08:20 +0100 Received: from numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de (numa-i.igpm.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.130.161.252]) by relay.rwth-aachen.de (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/1) with ESMTP id o06J8KQ5020335 for ; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:08:20 +0100 (CET) Received: by numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de (Postfix, from userid 230) id A5C23B9B; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:08:19 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:08:19 +0100 (CET) From: Helmut Jarausch Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerging gentoo-sources failing due to file collisions To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-reply-to: <534c2d371001061043r31680812n2ab4afc7630eb6c0@mail.gmail.com> Message-id: References: <534c2d371001061043r31680812n2ab4afc7630eb6c0@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: c3925f6c-7180-4a02-b119-55d2b7fdd691 X-Archives-Hash: 81054a22f06a28e1981b739b504c3ea7 On 6 Jan, Walt Rarus wrote: > I've never experienced this phenomenon prior to gentoo-sources-2.6.31.-r6. > I've always emerged gentoo-sources and they peacefully sat there and waited > until I built the corresponding kernel later when I felt like it - if ever. > With 2.6.31-r6, however, the emerge fails and consequently screws up 'emerge > world' attempts. PITA. > > Any recommended workarounds or fixes? > > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > I've pieced the following together from the console and elogv: > > ERROR: preinst > This package will overwrite one or more files that may belong to other > packages (see list below). You can use a command such as `portageq > owners / ` to identify the installed package that owns > a > file. If portageq reports that only one package owns a file then do > NOT file a bug report. A bug report is only useful if it identifies at > least two or more packages that are known to install the same file(s). > If a collision occurs and you can not explain where the file came from > then you should simply ignore the collision since there is not enough > information to determine if a real problem exists. Please do NOT file > a bug report at http://bugs.gentoo.org unless you report exactly which > two packages install the same file(s). Once again, please do NOT file > a bug report unless you have completely understood the above message. > > package sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.31-r6 NOT merged > > Detected file collision(s): > > * /usr/src/linux-2.6.31-gentoo-r6/Makefile > * /usr/src/linux-2.6.31-gentoo-r6/Kbuild > .... gazillion similar ellided *** SNIP *** So, please check where these files came from by qfile /usr/src/linux-2.6.31-gentoo-r6/Makefile Have you installed this kernel 'by hand' i.e. outside of portage? Check by uname -a if you are not currently running linux-2.6.31-r6 If not, it's safe to rm -rf /usr/src/linux-2.6.31-gentoo-r6 and emerge it again. Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany