53213 – emrge clean of mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2 fails

Bug 53213 - emrge clean of mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2 fails

Summary: emrge clean of mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2 fails

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 46096

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Portage team

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Duplicates (1):	53398 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2004-06-07 06:06 UTC by Richard Torkar
Modified:	2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Richard Torkar 2004-06-07 06:06:32 UTC

When I'd installed -r3 of mailx portage tried to unmerge the old -r2 package. Unfortunately that did not work:

tux ~# emerge clean

 mail-client/mailx
    selected: 8.1.2.20021129-r2
   protected: 8.1.2.20021129-r3
     omitted: none

>>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
>>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.

>>> Waiting 5 seconds before starting...
>>> (Control-C to abort)...
>>> Unmerging in: 5 4 3 2 1
>>> Unmerging mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2...
No package files given... Grabbing a set.
/usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: /var/db/pkg/mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2.ebuild: line 43: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
/usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: /var/db/pkg/mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2.ebuild: line 70: syntax error: unexpected end of file

!!! ERROR: mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2 failed.
!!! Function , Line 1291, Exitcode 1
!!! error sourcing ebuild

!!! FAILED prerm: 1

In /var/db/pkg/mail-client I have the following:
tux ~# ls -l /var/db/pkg/mail-client/
total 16
-rw-r-----  1 root root    0 Jun  7 15:05 -MERGING-mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2.portage_lockfile
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Jun  5 12:49 evolution-1.5.9.1
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Jun  7 13:32 mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2
-rw-r-----  1 root root    0 Jun  7 15:05 mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2.portage_lockfile
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Jun  7 07:21 mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r3
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Feb 19 20:20 mailx-support-20030215

Comment 1 Aaron Rusnak 2004-06-07 10:14:46 UTC

Same here. I've tried editing the ebuild to fix the EOF errors, but nothing I tried worked.

Comment 2 Florian Loitsch 2004-06-07 10:28:31 UTC

ok. a simple work-around: just edit the /var/db/pkg/mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2.ebuild and add the missing '"' (I think it's directly after the depend-section. but I'm not completely sure, as portage removes this file, once the update is completed.)

Comment 3 Richard Torkar 2004-06-07 11:28:42 UTC

Yes, Florian is right. That fixes the problem. :)
The question is how to fix this so that it gets pushed out to all the people with a broken ebuild...

Comment 4 Jason Stubbs (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-06-07 15:16:38 UTC

There's a script on the other bug that fixes most cases except this one. However, you've just given me an idea on how to fix most of these cases, too. Will add a new script later.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 46096 ***

Comment 5 Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-06-09 06:29:37 UTC

*** Bug 53398 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***