RESOLVED: Emerge '!!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg//...'

Donovan · Last edited by Donovan on Fri Apr 18, 2003 4:58 am; edited 1 time in total

Hi,
I have a new gentoo install that is only a few days old, and I've noted this problem pretty early on. While I can continue to ignore it, since I've not seen this discussed on the forums anywhere, I thought I'd ask whether this is something to be concerned about. It only happens with -u world AFAICT.

bs · Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 11:03 am Post subject:

Maybe your worldfile (/var/cache/edb/world) is corrupt. With portage-2.0.46-r12 a worldfile rebuilding script (/usr/sbin/regenworld) is installed.

zhenlin · Veteran Joined: 09 Nov 2002 Posts: 1361

The double slash can lead to parsing errors. Perhaps one of the variables has a '/' tacked on to it.

rac · Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 5:23 pm Post subject:

Avoid 2.0.46-r11.
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Donovan · Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 2:07 pm Post subject: Hmmmm

Hi,

well, I did an sync this morning, and this time portage wanted to upgrade back to r12, so I upgraded it - the source was still on my system from the last time.

I ran regenworld and it added two or three entries, but did not clear up those invalid entries. As there is no --help or man page, I'll have to ignore the error for now.

Thanks for your help!
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rac · Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 5:37 pm Post subject:

Can you also try "emerge regen"?
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Donovan · Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 8:26 pm Post subject: No go

Hi,

I tried emerge regen and while it looked promising, the invalid db error message remains.

Thanks for the suggestion, though!
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Donovan · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 7:47 pm Post subject:

This still occurs:

Donovan · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2003 4:58 am Post subject: Resolution (finally!) :-)

The solution to this problem was found earlier this month in another thread.

To solve the problem: