merge-usr migration prep issue [fix]

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CaptainBlood · Post by **CaptainBlood** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 11:12 pm

Following gentoo wiki here is raised the following issue:

merge-usr --dryrun
INFO: Migrating files from '/bin' to '/usr/bin'
INFO: Skipping symlink '/bin/awk'; '/usr/bin/awk' already exists
INFO: Skipping symlink '/bin/mail'; '/usr/bin/mail' already exists
INFO: No problems found for '/bin'
INFO: Migrating files from '/sbin' to '/usr/bin'
INFO: No problems found for '/sbin'
INFO: Migrating files from '/usr/sbin' to '/usr/bin'
INFO: No problems found for '/usr/sbin'
INFO: Migrating files from '/lib' to '/usr/lib'
INFO: No problems found for '/lib'
INFO: Migrating files from '/lib64' to '/usr/lib64'
ERROR: Conflict for symlink '/lib64/libncurses.so.5': [Errno 17] File exists: '/usr/lib64/libncurses.so.5'
ERROR: Leaving '/lib64' as a directory due to prior errors

How should it be handled?

Plz note

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eselect profile list|grep \*
  [25]  default/linux/amd64/23.0/split-usr (stable) *

on openrc here.

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CaptainBlood · Post by **CaptainBlood** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 11:45 pm

Additionally:

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equery b libncurses.so.5 
 * Searching for libncurses.so.5 ... 
sys-libs/ncurses-6.5_p20250329 (/lib64/libncurses.so.6.5)
sys-libs/ncurses-compat-6.4_p20240414 (/usr/lib64/libncurses.so.5)

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Post by Hu » Tue Jul 22, 2025 12:07 am

Does emerge --ask --verbose --depclean sys-libs/ncurses-compat help? From the name, this is a compat package you probably do not want.

CaptainBlood · Post by **CaptainBlood** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 12:12 am

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equery d sys-libs/ncurses-compat 
 * These packages depend on sys-libs/ncurses-compat:
dev-util/intel-ocl-sdk-18.1.0.015-r1 (sys-libs/ncurses-compat)

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CaptainBlood · Post by **CaptainBlood** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 1:42 am

Report I

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CaptainBlood · Post by **CaptainBlood** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 2:44 am

Report II

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grknight · Post by **grknight** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 12:31 pm

CaptainBlood wrote:

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 * Searching for libncurses.so.5 ... 
sys-libs/ncurses-6.5_p20250329 (/lib64/libncurses.so.6.5)

So this looks like you've created a problem by making an ill-advised symlink in /lib64. Verify with ls -l /lib64/libncurses.so.5; Undo that by removing it.

CaptainBlood · Post by **CaptainBlood** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 1:29 pm

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 ls -la /lib64/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib64/libncurses.so.5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     22 mars   3  2020 /lib64/libncurses.so.5 -> /lib64/libncurses.so.6

Indeed this symlink is old.

Dunno why equery b refers to it whereas equery f doesn'r ... Never mind

Rebuidling both packages didn't let it go nor changed it timestamp.

I'd be surprised I created that link. Could be still

Let's delete it

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Post by Hu » Tue Jul 22, 2025 2:44 pm

The bug report is still open, but this thread is marked as solved and the solution seems to be the removal of a symlink created by the local administrator. Therefore, it looks to me like there is not a valid bug to report. Is that right? If there is no bug, please close the bug reports so that the Gentoo developers do not waste time pursuing a locally inflicted issue.