On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:51:06 -0800 Michael Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
To follow up, since I posted to the list, I got a reply from the maintainer who did this, who referred me here: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=247413#c1 Which also contains the explanation, "Some perl modules were moved from dev-perl/ to perl-core/. This took longer than the time between two rsync mirror updates. So you have fetched an inconsistent portage tree." All I can say (beyond "WTF") is *wow*, someone did something knowing it would/could/did create havoc, but didn't bother to broadcast it to those it would affect. (I say this knowing that maybe there is some way to find out about stuff before getting burned by it, but I don't know about it if there is such a beast. I suppose I could read every new post at B.G.O.?) At least now I know what happened, but not why it was allowed to happen. I suppose having an inconsistent tree is a risk with any packages maintained by gentoo folks? If so, why doesn't this happen more often? Hmm. Cheers, -- |\ /| | | ~ ~ | \/ | |---| `|` ? | |ichael | |iggins \^ / michael.higgins[at]evolone[dot]org
