On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 9:30 AM, <meino.cra...@gmx.de> wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> [09-12-13 15:24]: >> On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> > Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> [09-12-13 14:28]: >> > > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> > > > Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> [09-12-13 13:40]: >> > > > > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> > > > > > Hi, >> > > > > > >> > > > > > it seems, something has screwed up my system. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > The symptoms are: Updateing a certain package with emerge (which >> > > > > > successfully compile and install that package) has no effect. >> > > > > > Next time exactly the same package is reported again as to be >> > > > > > updated. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > And qsearch reports that my metadatabase has gone with the wind >> > > > > > and I have to do a 'w -m' as root, which helps for that moment, >> > > > > > but next it is again not present. I think (read:dont know for sure) >> > > > > > that the >> > > > > > eix-sync && emerge -pv --verbose --update --deep world >> > > > > > has "killed" it. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Unfortunately I am not that deeply involved in the internal >> > > > > > data handling of the gentoo package manager to have an idea >> > > > > > what is going wrong here. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > What can I do to fix this problem ? >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Kind regards and have a nice weekend! >> > > > > > mcc >> > > > > >> > > > > fsck your partition containing /var. >> > > > >> > > > Hi, >> > > > >> > > > as soon I do the command sequence described above, qsearch fails with >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > opening '/usr/portage/metadata/cache/.metadata.x' failed: Permission >> > > > denied search: initialize_flat(): You should run this command as root: >> > > > q -m >> > > > >> > > > and an >> > > > >> > > > sudo ls /usr/portage/metadata/cache/.metadata.x >> > > > >> > > > fails with >> > > > >> > > > ls: cannot access /usr/portage/metadata/cache/.metadata.x: No such >> > > > file or directory >> > > > >> > > > There is no symlink to /var and subfolders as far as I can see... >> > > > >> > > > What part/file is on /var/... which gets corrupted in case of an >> > > > filesystem damage ? >> > > >> > > how long are you using linux? >> > >> > 15 years ... but what does this matter? >> > >> >> then you should know where /var is. or /usr/portage. >> >> fsck /var, fsck the partition containing /usr/portage >> > > ...and you read posting more carefully: I wrote "part" not "part." ... > > -- > Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments > unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.
/var/db/pkg /var/lib/portage -- Poison [BLX] Joshua M. Murphy
