Code red major huge problem

Techie2000 · Guru Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 344

I did emerge clean. Now when I try to emerge stuff it says it can't find emerge...
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rac · Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2002 12:47 am Post subject:

Try a forum search for "portage and rescue"; there should be many threads that explain in detail what to do if you have accidentally unmerged portage. Portage rescue tarballs live in /usr/portage/sys-apps/portage/files.
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rommel · Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2002 2:03 am Post subject:

i run emerge clean like twice a day....how would that have happened to him?

Techie2000 · Guru Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 344

It's a CIA conspiracy involving the Kremlin, err I mean little gremlins inside my computer...

How far have I gotten: Well it looks like my world file is borked. So I can't emerge -u world. And I noticed when I did an emerge clean I get:
[quote]
Gentoo files # emerge -p clean

>>> These are the packages that I would unmerge:

sys-apps/portage
selected: 2.0.25
protected: 2.0.23
omitted: none

app-misc/gentoo
selected: 0.11.31
protected: 0.11.30
omitted: none

media-video/avifile
selected: 0.7.7.20020523
protected: 0.7.14.20020802
omitted: none

>>> Packages in red are slated for removal.
>>> Packages in green will not be removed.

Gentoo files # emerge -up world

These are the packages that I would merge, in order.

Calculating world dependencies \
!!! Error: couldn't find match for virtual/glibc in dev-db/mysql-3.23.51-r4
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On a side note: would it not be a good idea to put a link on the front page with instructions titled "If you hosed portage click here"
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goldorak_dan · Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2002 3:09 am Post subject: scary.

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

Check here

delta407 · Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2002 3:32 am Post subject:

Techie2000 · Guru Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 344

That worked still getting the error for emerge -u world though...
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Techie2000 · Guru Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 344

I also get the same error with emerge -u system

Gentoo edb # emerge -up system

These are the packages that I would merge, in order.

Calculating system dependencies -
!!! Error: couldn't find match for ~sys-libs/glibc-2.2.5 in update (likely old /var/db/pkg entry)
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line72 · Apprentice Joined: 13 Jun 2002 Posts: 212

just edit your /var/cache/edb/world file and get ride of glibc, that shouldnt' be in your world file

/Line72

Techie2000 · Guru Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 344

no dice.
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BradN · Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2002 3:39 am Post subject:

try:

Portage rescue restore
emerge rsync
emerge -u portage

I believe this fixed a similar or identical problem for me (complaining about missing glibc). I don't remember the exact steps I did, but that was the general idea. Posted this same response to another similar thread; hope this helps.

update: actually now that I think about it, I believe I had to manually update portage (ebuild /path/to/portage.ebuild unpack compile install) for it to work. Try that too... hehe

Techie2000 · Guru Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 344

tried that no dice. emerge -u world and system still wont' work. Regular emerging does.
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