On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thursday 12 November 2009 18:19:02 Mark Knecht wrote: >> Again, thanks Alan. The second pass through finished up and the same >> offending package (apparently e2fsprogs-libs ?) was still listed so >> erasing the preserved_libs_registry file and using revdep-rebuild -i >> suggests that the machine is clean again. >> >> Cheers, >> Mark >> >> >>> Auto-cleaning packages... >> >>> >> >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. >> >> * Regenerating GNU info directory index... >> * Processed 122 info files. >> >> !!! existing preserved libs: >> >>> package: sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.9 >> >> * - /lib/libblkid.so >> * used by /bin/mount (sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1) >> * used by /bin/umount (sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1) >> * used by /sbin/blkid (sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1) >> > > An easy way to check if things are OK is to run ldd on each of the "used by" > files. None of them should list "Not found". If they do, portage has gotten > itself confused and it's records are out of sync with reality. > > There's not much portage can do about this as the problem is really with the > ebuilds > > -- > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Thanks. I'll star this conversation and try to remember that advice in the future. Problem was the first time around it listed 3 or 4 and then stated "and 362 others..." but didn't give the names. Clearly something was confused! Cheers, Mark
