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fre n00b
Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 9 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2002 8:47 am Post subject: Upgrade problems "Invalid db entry" |
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Hi,
I still had some old boxes around with pre 1.0 (rc6) Gentoo on them. I started the upgrade as described in http://lists.gentoo.org/pipermail/gentoo-user/2002-May/022860.html
This went fine on most except on 2 systems where I get the following:
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root # emerge --update --pretend system
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/mta
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/cron
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/linux-sources
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/glibc
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/imapd
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/kernel
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/python
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/mta
etc...
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The some occurs on emerge rsyncs, ... . I just CTRL-C it to be sure I didn't break anything.
Any ideas what this could be?
Thanks,
Frederik |
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AutoBot l33t
Joined: 22 Apr 2002 Posts: 968 Location: Usually Out
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Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2002 7:21 am Post subject: |
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Try:
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emerge rsync --clean
emerge -p --update system
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fre n00b
Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 9 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2002 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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I tried that in your advise with no luck
This is what I got:
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# emerge -p --update system
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/mta
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/cron
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/linux-sources
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/glibc
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/imapd
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/kernel
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/python
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/mta
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/cron
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/linux-sources
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/glibc
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/imapd
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/kernel
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/virtual/python
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/sys-apps/texinfo
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/sys-apps/console-tools
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/sys-apps/texinfo
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/sys-apps/console-tools
These are the packages that I would merge, in order.
Calculating system dependencies ...done!
root #
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Any other ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Frederik. |
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AutoBot l33t
Joined: 22 Apr 2002 Posts: 968 Location: Usually Out
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Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2002 3:19 am Post subject: |
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/me wonders how to update the portagedb _________________ This message self destructed a long time ago. |
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delta407 Bodhisattva
Joined: 23 Apr 2002 Posts: 2876 Location: Chicago, IL
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Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2002 3:29 am Post subject: |
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The Portage DB should upgrade automatically when Portage is installed.
"emerge -u portage" should fix matters. |
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AutoBot l33t
Joined: 22 Apr 2002 Posts: 968 Location: Usually Out
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Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2002 3:39 am Post subject: |
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delta407 wrote: | The Portage DB should upgrade automatically when Portage is installed.
"emerge -u portage" should fix matters. |
/me figured out to run:
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/usr/lib/portage/bin/db-update.py
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delta407 Bodhisattva
Joined: 23 Apr 2002 Posts: 2876 Location: Chicago, IL
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Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2002 3:44 am Post subject: |
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Oh, sure, take the easy way out. |
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AutoBot l33t
Joined: 22 Apr 2002 Posts: 968 Location: Usually Out
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Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2002 3:46 am Post subject: |
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delta407 wrote: | Oh, sure, take the easy way out. |
Lol I had to, portage is currently broken _________________ This message self destructed a long time ago. |
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fre n00b
Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 9 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2002 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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I tried both upgrade methods (emerge -u portage and /usr/lib/portage/bin/db-update.py) without success...
problem is that this is on a production server. I dare not to just delete this files. Everything else seems to work
Please, any other ideas or info?
Thanks,
Frederik. |
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