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peaceful
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 Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject: Portage cache error |
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Here's a new one for me. What do you do when you get this?
| Code: | # emerge --metadata
>>> Updating Portage cache: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4049, in ?
emerge_main()
File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4008, in emerge_main
action_metadata(settings, portdb, myopts)
File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 3019, in action_metadata
eclass_cache=ec, verbose_instance=noise_maker)
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/util.py", line 47, in mirror_cache
if trg and not write_it:
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/UserDict.py", line 170, in __len__
return len(self.keys())
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/mappings.py", line 54, in keys
return list(self.__iter__())
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/mappings.py", line 48, in __iter__
for k in self.orig.iterkeys():
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/UserDict.py", line 103, in iterkeys
return self.__iter__()
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/mappings.py", line 83, in __iter__
return iter(self.keys())
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/mappings.py", line 87, in keys
self.d.update(self.pull())
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/flat_hash.py", line 29, in callit
return args[0](*args[1:]+args2)
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/flat_hash.py", line 47, in _pull
raise cache_errors.CacheCorruption(cpv, e)
cache.cache_errors.CacheCorruption: app-accessibility/SphinxTrain-0.9.1-r1 is corrupt: dictionary update sequence element #0 has length 1; 2 is required
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Dan
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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have you tried | Code: | | emerge --sync && emerge portage |
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peaceful
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| dcoats wrote: | have you tried | Code: | | emerge --sync && emerge portage |
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Well, ya. I synced and updated portage a couple of days ago. Then I hit this problem after syncing today. I could reproduce the problem over -and-over by running emerge --metadata, so that's what I pasted.
So after your suggestion I synced yet again and hit the problem again. So then I reemerged portage, and the problem is still there.
What should I try next? |
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angeloio
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject: I've got got exactly the same error |
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I have got exactly the same error: SphinxTrain-0.9.1-r1 is corrypt.
Must be a central problem |
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peaceful
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject: Re: I've got got exactly the same error |
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| angeloio wrote: | I have got exactly the same error: SphinxTrain-0.9.1-r1 is corrypt.
Must be a central problem |
I think that's actually good news. If it happens to everybody, it'll get fixed quicker.  |
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Satan Klaus
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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I've got this:
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>>> Updating Portage cache: 57%Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4049, in ?
emerge_main()
File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4006, in emerge_main
action_sync(settings, trees, mtimedb, myopts, myaction)
File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 2924, in action_sync
action_metadata(settings, portdb, myopts)
File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 3019, in action_metadata
eclass_cache=ec, verbose_instance=noise_maker)
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/util.py", line 47, in mirror_cache
if trg and not write_it:
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/UserDict.py", line 170, in __len__
return len(self.keys())
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/mappings.py", line 54, in keys
return list(self.__iter__())
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/mappings.py", line 48, in __iter__
for k in self.orig.iterkeys():
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/UserDict.py", line 103, in iterkeys
return self.__iter__()
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/mappings.py", line 83, in __iter__
return iter(self.keys())
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/mappings.py", line 87, in keys
self.d.update(self.pull())
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/flat_hash.py", line 29, in callit
return args[0](*args[1:]+args2)
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/flat_hash.py", line 47, in _pull
raise cache_errors.CacheCorruption(cpv, e)
cache.cache_errors.CacheCorruption: media-gfx/gwenview-1.4.1 is corrupt: dictionary update sequence element #0 has length 1; 2 is required
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peaceful
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Man. Something is seriously weird. Anybody found a fix to these cache errors? |
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Jorbless
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| Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| I'm just here to post me a "me too" on the SphinxTrain CacheCorruption issue. I was beginning to think that I had borked my fresh, new hardened SELinux box. |
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Satan Klaus
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| Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:13 am Post subject: |
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rm -fr /var/cache/edb/* && emerge --metadata
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should help |
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angeloio
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| Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:48 am Post subject: Some interesting news out there |
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Ok After some searching I found this (I am including the whole conversation):
(From http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org/msg47397.html)
Hi All,
I am trying to update/upgrade a box that has been standing for the
last year or so and this is what I have up to:
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# emerge --metadata -v
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app-accessibility/SphinxTrain-0.9.1-r1 is corrupt: dictionary update
sequence element #0 has length 1; 2 is required
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Any idea how to fix it?
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Try :
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> # rm -rf /usr/portage/metadata/cache/* && emerge --sync
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This is not the way to fix it.
This only forces portage to retrieve *all* of portage's metadata from the
server *again*. If the corruption is local, a normal rsync will fix this. If
the corruption is on the upstream rsync mirror, you will retrieve the same
corrupt metadata again.
removing the metadata from the portage tree only results in more data
transfers from the rsync mirror.
This error will resolve itself when the corruption is synced out, upstream or
local. To speed that process up, you can switch to a different rsync mirror
and sync against that. That will eliminate both possible corruptions.
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> If the corruption is local, a normal rsync will fix this.
Not necessarily. See bug #145482.
Synchronization again and again (on several days) didn't resolve this.
I removed the entire cache, as suggested, and it magically worked.
And I discovered later that the filesystem was corrupted.
> If the corruption is on the upstream rsync mirror, you will retrieve
> the same corrupt metadata again.
I've never seen that case.
> removing the metadata from the portage tree only results in more data
> transfers from the rsync mirror.
Yes, but obviously, you must not do it every day.
@Mick : I suggest that you run a fsck on your filesystem.
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Thanks. I did run fsck and everything seems fine. However, although
emerge --metadata worked, the following emerge --sync failed with the same
old error.
So, this time I did emerge --regen and when it finished the emerge --sync
worked without any more problems.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
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Regards,
Mick
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I will do a little research on the above and add info later. In the meantime if this worked for somebody please report it... |
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peaceful
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| Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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I tried syncing today with no luck, but I tried this as mentioned above:
| Code: | | rm -fr /var/cache/edb/* && emerge --metadata |
...and that fixed it! |
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Jorbless
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| Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:21 am Post subject: |
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| What peaceful tried worked for me as well. Into my log book 'o Linux tricks with thee. |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Moved from Portage & Programming to Duplicate Threads in favour of topic 466613.
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