220119 – eix-update hungs if /etc/portage/categories is a directory

Bug 220119 - eix-update hungs if /etc/portage/categories is a directory

Summary: eix-update hungs if /etc/portage/categories is a directory

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement
Assignee:	Stefan Schweizer (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2008-05-03 14:11 UTC by Federico Ferri (RETIRED)
Modified:	2008-06-25 19:39 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Federico Ferri (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-05-03 14:11:06 UTC

when running update-eix it hungs. tracing syscalls I get:

write(1, "Building database (/var/cache/ei"..., 38Building database (/var/cache/eix) ..
) = 38
open("/etc/portage/categories", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
read(3, 0x8107438, 8191)                = -1 EISDIR (Is a directory)
futex(0xb7d590a4, FUTEX_WAKE, 2147483647) = 0


from portage(5) it's clear that only /etc/portage/package.* are allowed to be files/directories

but eix-update could give a nicer error instead of hanging up without an evident reason

Comment 1 Martin Väth 2008-05-03 16:30:11 UTC

Thanks. Read error handling is now fixed in eix svn trunk (>=eix-0.12.5).

Comment 2 Martin Väth 2008-06-25 19:39:18 UTC

Since eix-0.13.0 is now in the tree, I mark the bug as "fixed".
Please re-open if it does not work as expected.