On Thursday 14 June 2007, Jean-Baptiste Mestelan wrote:
> I cannot emerge --sync my system anymore, as this brings out the
try running `emerge --metadata` it will restore the portage cache
in /var/cache/edb/dep
Rudmer
> following error :
> >>> Updating Portage cache: Traceback (most recent call last):
>
> File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 5530, in ?
> retval = emerge_main()
> File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 5489, in emerge_main
> action_metadata(settings, portdb, myopts)
> File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4300, in action_metadata
> eclass_cache=ec, verbose_instance=noise_maker)
> File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/util.py", line 22, in mirror_cache
> dead_nodes = dict.fromkeys(trg_cache.keys())
> File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/template.py", line 95, in keys
> return tuple(self.iterkeys())
> File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/flat_hash.py", line 122, in iterkeys
> st = os.lstat(p)
> OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
> '/var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-misc/vmpsd-1.3-r\x12'
>
>
> So, it looks like the problem is with the content of the directory
> /var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-misc/
>
> localhost net-misc # cd /var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-misc/
> localhost net-misc # ls ./ (TAB PRESSED)
> asterisk-chan_capi-0.4.^P_pre1 netprofiles)ims-0.1.0134
> stuNnel-4.15 htbinit^I0.8.5 netstat)nat-1.4.7
> suite3230-3.3.2_p1
> icaclient-9^N0-r1 networkianager-0.6.4_pre20061028
> tightvnc-1.^R.9-r4
> iputils)20060512 sipsak-0.9.^Q
> vmpsd-1.3-r^R
> linUx-identd-1.3-r1 stoje-2.2e
> vnc-4.1^N2-r1
> lksctp-Pools-1.0.4 stone-2^N2c
> memcached-1^N1.13-r1 streamtuner-0.9^Y.99
>
> This shows that the offending file somehow exists (?); but these files
> cannot be accessed, as the ls command shows :
> localhost net-misc # ls
> ls: cannot access vmpsd-1.3-r: No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access streamtuner-0.9.99: No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access vnc-4.12-⎼1: N⎺ ⎽┤␌ °␋┌␊ ⎺⎼ ␍␋⎼␊␌├⎺⎼≤
> ┌⎽: ␌▒┼┼⎺├ ▒␌␌␊⎽⎽ ┼␊├⎻⎼⎺°␋┌␊⎽)␋└⎽-0.1.0134: N⎺ ⎽┤␌ °␋┌␊ ⎺⎼ ␍␋⎼␊␌├⎺⎼≤
> ┌⎽: ␌▒┼┼⎺├ ▒␌␌␊⎽⎽ ┼␊├⎽├▒├)┼▒├-1.4.7: N⎺ ⎽┤␌ °␋┌␊ ⎺⎼ ␍␋⎼␊␌├⎺⎼≤
> <+ more garbage >
>
> Is my filesystem damaged ?
> rm -rf /var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-misc has no effect on these
> problematic files ; I have executed fsck.ext2 on the filesystem, and
> this reported no error.
>
> Many thanks for your helpful suggestions.
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