I am trying to do an update to my system. When I give the "emerge --update --deep world -p" command I get the following: laptop ~ # emerge gst-plugins-meta -p These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies | !!! Invalid or corrupt dependency specification: media-plugins/gst-plugins-dvdread:* install: (coreutils)install invocation. Copy and change attributes. ('ebuild', '/', 'media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta-0.10-r2', 'merge') =media-libs/gstreamer-0.10* =media-libs/gst-plugins-base-0.10* =media-libs/gst-plugins-good-0.10* a52? ( >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-a52dec-0.10 ) alsa? ( >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-alsa-0.10 ) dvb? ( media-plugins/gst-plugins-dvb >=media-libs/gst-plugins-bad-0.10.6 ) dvd? ( >=media-libs/gst-plugins-ugly-0.10 >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-a52dec-0.10 >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-dvdread-0.10 >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-mpeg2dec-0.10 ) esd? ( >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-esd-0.10 ) ffmpeg? ( >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg-0.10 ) flac? ( >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-flac-0.10 ) mad? ( >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-mad-0.10 ) mpeg? ( >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-mpeg2dec-0.10 ) mythtv? ( media-plugins/gst-plugins-mythtv ) ogg? ( >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-ogg-0.10 ) oss? ( >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-oss-0.10 ) theora? ( >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-ogg-0.10 >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-theora-0.10 ) vorbis? ( >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-ogg-0.10 >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-vorbis-0.10 ) X? ( >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-x-0.10 ) xv? ( >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-xvideo-0.10 ) This package can not be installed. Please notify the 'media-plugins/gst- plugins-meta-0.10-r2' package maintainer about this problem. ... done! I have removed all of the gst and gstreamer builds and then reinstalled them using --dodeps. I still get the same problem. From what I could find searching for issues there were indications that overlays could be a problem. I used to have the java overlay on the system so that I could use eclipse. I removed the overlay and removed the line from /etc/make.conf to read the extra overlay information. I still have the same problem. Here is some information on my system: laptop ~ # emerge --info Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.3.4, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.30-gentoo-r4 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r4-x86_64-AMD_Turion-tm-_64_X2_Mobile_Technology_TL-60-with-gentoo-1.12.13 Timestamp of tree: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:30:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.0_p28 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7-r1, 2.1.9-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.6, 2.5.4-r3, 2.6.2-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r8 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.13 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo ftp://mirror.iawnet.sandia.gov/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/ http://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/ http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo/ http://mirror.espri.arizona.edu/gentoo/ http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/gentoo/ http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ " LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb blas bzip2 bzlib cairo calendar cli cracklib crypt cups curl dbus dga dri dvd emacs emacs-w3 encode ffmpeg fortran gb gd gdbm gnome gpm gtk gtk2 hal iconv imap ipv6 java jpeg kde kpathsea lapack lm_sensors mbox mime mmx modules mudflap multilib mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin opengl openmp pam pcre pdf pdflib perl png pppd python qt3support readline reflection samba scanner session spell spl sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd theora truetype unicode usb vim-syntax xine xml xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse synaptics evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx radeon vesa radeonhd" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY My /etc/make.conf file is the following: # These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically # built this stage. # Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example. CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" # This should not be changed unless you know exactly what you are doing. You # should probably be using a different stage, instead. CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" MAKEOPTS="-j3" #USE="acpi,alsa,bzip2,crypt,curl,lm_sensors,python,vim-syntax,zlib" USE="acpi alsa bzip2 crypt curl lm_sensors python vim-syntax zlib X gtk gtk2 gnom e bzlib calendar cups emacs emacs-w3 gb java mbox mime mysql ncurses samba scanne r spell ssl usb imap opengl real xine pdf jpeg png blas lapack dga dvd pdflib xml -dlloader ffmpeg nsplugin kpathsea cairo hal dbus theora encode gd qt3support kd e truetype" # Default user options #FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer -sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans us erfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ http://d istro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/ gentoo http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo ftp://mirror.iawnet.sandia.gov/pub/ gentoo/ ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/lin ux/gentoo/ http://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/ http://cudlug.cudenver.e du/gentoo/ http://mirror.espri.arizona.edu/gentoo/ http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mi rrors/gentoo http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/gentoo/ http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ gentoo/ ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gen too/ ftp://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ " #INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse synaptics" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse synaptics evdev" VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx radeon vesa radeonhd"
repoman does not complain about any invalid atom or missing dependency. Please resync and try again.
I found the problem, and it was on my side. Sorry about that. It turned out to be a problem with media-plugins/gst-plugins-dvdread. A file in my /usr/portage/metadata/cache directory was corrupted. Syncing did not fix the problem. I tried removing the file and re-syncing, and that did not fix it. I tried fsck'ing the file system and found no problems. It was not until I deleted the whole metadata directory and re-synced that the problem was fixed.
