weird 'env-update' issue

wyk · n00b Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 13

I noticed after I emerge new packages, and when I reboot my compuer, I get a strange message about crons. I figured it was related to env-update, so I ran the command by itself and sure enough it does. Here is what it gives me:

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wyk root # env-update
>>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
* Caching service dependencies...
* Service 'vcron' already provide 'cron'!;
* Not adding service 'vixie-cron'... [ ok ]
wyk root #

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Not sure what caused it, but I did a GRP install (which gave me a bad KDM, but I did emerge sync and emerge world, and the newly compiled binaries worked) and updated with emerge sync and emerge world.

This popped up, so I deleted vcron from startup. Well, that diddn't fix it, so I'm stuck as to how to fix this. Never had it come up. Any help would be appriciated.

-wyk

adaptr · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 4:40 am Post subject:

Started to write (wrote) a lengthy piece about GRP-provided vcron being called something else than the portage-provided one, but scrap that:
- they are both in portage, are exactly the same program, and may even have exactly the same ebuilds!

So, unmerge the original (purge it) and emerge the new.
Ignore env-update crap until then.

wyk · n00b Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 13

Okay, I unmerged the program (had to do emerge unmerge vixie-cron) and emerged it again (now as emerge vcron) and the message still doesnt wan't to go away. Any other ideas?

tomk · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 2:24 am Post subject:

Have a look at your /var/cache/edb/virtuals file, make sure the entry for virtual/cron is the same as the version you have installed.
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Genone · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 3:34 am Post subject:

charlieg · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 4:11 am Post subject:

I had this issue but already forgot the fix. It's in bugzilla somewhere, under a solved bug.
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masseya · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 5:54 pm Post subject:

tomk pointed out that there are a lot of people having issues with this. The official solution thread is here: Minor service dependancy annoyance... Please post there for further assistance on this topic.

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