-bash: /usr/bin/qpkg: cannot execute binary file

dogshu

I'm running a sparc32 system and everything is up to date with the stable tree. I tried to "emerge unmerge gentoolkit" then "emerge gentoolkit" but I still have the same problem:

leech edb # qpkg
-bash: /usr/bin/qpkg: cannot execute binary file

vi verifies that this file is indeed binary, and here's what "file" has to say:
leech edb # file /usr/bin/qpkg
/usr/bin/qpkg: data

how do I get qpkg working? These are my CFLAGS, if that matters:
CFLAGS="-msupersparc -O2 -pipe"

thanks,
Jim

esammer · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 8:07 am Post subject:

That's really strange because qpkg is just a shell script...

dogshu · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:11 am Post subject:

very strange indeed.

/usr/portage/app-portage/gentoolkit/files/scripts/qpkg was corrupt on this system.

I run my own portage mirror for my machines, and I verified that app-portage/gentoolkit/files/scripts/qpkg was intact on that system... it was definately not corrupt.

However, /usr/portage/app-portage/gentoolkit/files/scripts/qpkg was still corrupted on my sparc even after I did an "emerge sync". I guess files that already exist are not synced?

Anyway, I manually copied the qpkg file from my mirror, and qpkg works now.

esammer · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:19 am Post subject:

Keep in mind that sync only syncs the ebuilds themselves. You should delete the saved package in /usr/portage/distfiles/gentoolkit* and emerge again and see if that helps.

dogshu · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:02 pm Post subject:

actually there is no distfile for gentoolkit, everything is kept under /usr/portage/app-portage/gentoolkit/files/.

Manually copying the file from another gentoo machine worked for me, though I suppose I could have also deleted /usr/portage/app-portage/gentoolkit/files/scripts/qpkg and "emerge sync"ed again.