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Techie2000
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 Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2002 8:24 pm Post subject: How to umerge package no longer in portage? |
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A while back I merged XChat 1.9.3 and used that. Recently I switched to KVIRC, when I went to unmerge XChat I couldn't. The XChat 1.9.3 ebuild was gone but the program is still on my system. Any ideas?
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RickDB
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| Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2002 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe this will work:
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cd /usr/portage/net-irc/xchat
cp xchat-1.8.10.ebuild xchat 1.9.3 ebuild
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If that doesn't work try to:
emacs xchat-1.8.10.ebuild
and change the version numbers of the 1.8.10 to 1.9.3
Hope this helps 
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AlterEgo
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| Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2002 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| is your-program-to-be-removed still in /var/db/pkg/ ? |
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Techie2000
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| Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2002 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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Nope it is gone from /var/db/pkg
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diskmuncher
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As a "long-term solution", this answer BLOWS. If a program is installed via ebuild, and is either masked (i.e. to an earlier version because of a serious bug) or removed, there must be a program in the base system which can read a packing list (/var/db/pkg?) and remove the installed version. The question in my mind is "Why is the packing list not in /var/db/pkg?"
| RickDB wrote: | Maybe this will work:
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cd /usr/portage/net-irc/xchat
cp xchat-1.8.10.ebuild xchat 1.9.3 ebuild
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If that doesn't work try to:
emacs xchat-1.8.10.ebuild
and change the version numbers of the 1.8.10 to 1.9.3
Hope this helps |
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rac
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| diskmuncher wrote: | | If a program is installed via ebuild, and is either masked (i.e. to an earlier version because of a serious bug) or removed, there must be a program in the base system which can read a packing list (/var/db/pkg?) and remove the installed version. |
There is. The ebuild is not required to do this. There is a CONTENTS file in /var/db/pkg that lists all the files owned by a package.
| Quote: | | The question in my mind is "Why is the packing list not in /var/db/pkg?" |
That question is on my mind as well. I am having a hard time coming up with a plausible explanation.
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