On 21.02.2010 16:31, Neil Bothwick wrote: > package.provided is the wrong file. Your problem is caused by busybox > being in @system, which is a subset of @world. That's why you see the > message about it being in world even though it is not in the world file. > To remove it from @system, add > > -sys-apps/busybox > > in /etc/portage/profile/packages. > > I tried this before I posted my question and did it again now ... sorry, no ... this doesn't solve the problem. It doesn't matter if /etc/portage/profile/packages (tried "packages." too, just to be sure) contains "-sys-apps/busybox" or not, as soon as I do remove busybox from package.provided emerge tries to install busybox-1.15.3, and if I add it back to provided the warning reappears.
What's wrong? Did any change of the system installation I made break portage? ... but everything else seems to work fine. ... but thx for that fast try to help. Harald