4736 – Can't use emerge

Bug 4736 - Can't use emerge

Summary: Can't use emerge

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Unclassified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2002-07-09 04:25 UTC by Corné Driesprong
Modified:	2011-10-30 22:21 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Corné Driesprong 2002-07-09 04:25:12 UTC

I updated portage doing the following:

# cd /usr/portage/sys-apps/portage
# emerge portage

My current version is now 2.0.11

Now, when I try to install a package, I get this error:

# emerge <package>
Calculating dependencies \portage: aux_get(): couldn't open cache entry for 
<package>
(likely caused by syntax error or corruption in the <package>)

I get this with every package I try to install. I tried things like "emerge --
clean rsync" and giving the absolute path, but it doesn't work. I'm stuck now, 
can't install anything...

Comment 1 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-07-09 12:31:08 UTC

I'd like to ssh into your box to figure out why this is going on.  Please
contact me via irc or email.

Comment 2 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-07-11 01:36:55 UTC

ok, this was because your wheel group didn't exist.  Fixed on bug reporter's
machine.  I need to add a test to see if the wheel group exists.

Comment 3 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-07-11 02:14:19 UTC

emerge will detect a missing wheel group in portage 2.0.12