Dale <rdalek1...@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