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PostPosted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 10:45 am    Post subject: FIXED: Portage: "Invalid db entry" Reply with quote

Hi,
here's what I get after a successful 'emerge -U world':
Code:
>>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
 * Caching service dependencies...                                        [ ok ]
>>> Auto-cleaning packages ...
!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/*sys-fs/devfsd!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/*sys-fs/devfsd
>>> No outdated packages were found on your system.


 * Regenerating GNU info directory index...
 * Processed 68 info files.

bash-2.05b$

I assume that that poratage database got corrupted once when my filesystem crashed a couple of times... (I had problems with other files, they *were* corrupted). Where is that database located and how can I fix this?
I think it's also there reason of:
Code:
bash-2.05b$ emerge -upv world

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

Calculating world dependencies ...done!
[ebuild     UD] media-sound/xmms-1.2.7-r20 [1.2.8-r2] +xml +nls -esd -gnome +opengl +mmx +oggvorbis +3dnow +mikmod -directfb -ipv6 -cjk
[ebuild     UD] net-im/gaim-0.70-r2 [0.71-r1] +nls +perl -spell -nas +ssl
[ebuild     UD] x11-themes/xmms-themes-0.0.2 [0.0.3]
[ebuild     UD] media-libs/libmng-1.0.4 [1.0.5]
[ebuild     UD] x11-libs/qt-3.1.2-r4 [3.2.2] -cups -nas -postgres +opengl +mysql -odbc +gif -debug
[ebuild     U ] app-arch/zip-2.3-r2 [2.3-r1] +crypt
[ebuild     UD] app-office/openoffice-bin-1.0.2 [1.1.0] +kde -gnome
[ebuild     UD] net-p2p/dclib-0.2.19 [0.2.20]
[ebuild     UD] net-p2p/dcgui-qt-0.2.19 [0.2.20] +ssl
[ebuild     UD] net-www/mozilla-firebird-0.6.1 [0.7] -java +gtk2 -ipv6 -gnome -moznoxft
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 2133, in ?
    mydepgraph.display(mydepgraph.altlist())
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1103, in display
    elif (not "--emptytree" in myopts) and portage.db[x[1]]["vartree"].exists_specific_cat(x[2]):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 3469, in exists_specific_cat
    self.invalidentry(self.root+"var/db/pkg/"+a[0]+"/"+x)
AttributeError: vartree instance has no attribute 'invalidentry'

Please, help me!
Cheers!
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are a few bugs on bugzilla and I bet like half a dozen posts here on the forum about it.

/me points his finger at the 'Quick Search:' field
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 11:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hum, couldn't find anything useful at Portage forum... But you think it's something common, already submited to bugzilla?
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 11:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like the output says, the database is located at /var/db/pkg. The self.invalidEntry problem is filed at bugs.gentoo.org ; )
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 11:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Okey, thanks.
Anyone could explain why this happens only in some cases, cause it doesn't look like everyone with portage 2.0.49-r15 has this problem... (I got no respons at all on my post about -r15 errors).
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 12:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I guess not everyone suffers from invalid entries in the package database? I stumbled onto this bug when I did an unfinished merge with the help of the ebuild command (ebuild compile etc.).
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

But what should I do now? I really want emerge -up world to run completly and not just to a package that it finds invalid and then cancel the update...
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi all,
I searched the forums again, with better results this time. I found this thread useful.
Followed it, deleted entries showed by
Code:
find /var/db/pkg -iname "*merg*"

and now it's all perfectly normal again!
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 11:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm having the same problem, although that didn't fix it.

Code:
find /var/db/pkg -iname "*merg*"


Nothing found, nor with "*MERG*" nor with updatedb and locate MERG or anything, tried a million ways... had no files with MERG in it...

Still getting the devfsd /var/db/pkg error :cry:

Any ideas?![/quote]
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 5:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mine fixed itself over time. It didn't affect anything just a tad annoying to see the message. So I wouldn't worry about it.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 6:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah seems to be gone now...

Just scared me :D
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 4:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have the same problem using 1.4. Just installed it using GRP files last night.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 11:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Moved to 'Duplicate Threads'.

:arrow: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=105082
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