8105 – pwm's emerge -C fails

Bug 8105 - pwm's emerge -C fails

Summary: pwm's emerge -C fails

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

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

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Reported:	2002-09-19 08:46 UTC by Nathan Sharfi
Modified:	2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Nathan Sharfi 2002-09-19 08:46:07 UTC

I tried to get rid of pwm, and this is what I got:
sudo emerge -C pwm

 x11-wm/pwm
    selected: 1.0.20010309
   protected: none
     omitted: none

>>> Packages in red are slated for removal.
>>> Packages in green will not be removed.

>>> Waiting 5 seconds before starting unmerge.
>>> (Control-C to abort)...
>>> Unmerging in: 5 4 3 2 1 0
>>> Unmerging x11-wm/pwm-1.0.20010309...
<<<        obj /usr/share/man/man1/pwm.1x.gz
<<<        obj /usr/share/gnome/wm-properties/PWM.desktop
<<<        obj /usr/share/doc/pwm-1.0.20010309/config.txt
<<<        obj /usr/share/doc/pwm-1.0.20010309/README.gz
<<<        obj /usr/share/doc/pwm-1.0.20010309/LICENSE
<<<        obj /usr/share/doc/pwm-1.0.20010309/ChangeLog.gz
<<<        obj /usr/bin/pwm
--- cfgpro obj /etc/X11/pwm/sample.conf
--- cfgpro obj /etc/X11/pwm/pwm.conf
--- cfgpro obj /etc/X11/pwm/menus-default.conf
--- cfgpro obj /etc/X11/pwm/look-brownsteel.conf
--- cfgpro obj /etc/X11/pwm/look-beoslike.conf
--- cfgpro obj /etc/X11/pwm/keys-default.conf
--- cfgpro obj /etc/X11/pwm/buttons-default.conf
<<<        dir /usr/share/doc/pwm-1.0.20010309
--- !empty dir /usr/share/man/man1
--- !empty dir /usr/share/man
--- !empty dir /usr/share/gnome/wm-properties
--- !empty dir /usr/share/gnome
--- !empty dir /usr/share/doc
--- !empty dir /usr/share
--- !empty dir /usr/bin
--- !empty dir /usr
--- !empty dir /etc/X11/pwm
--- !empty dir /etc/X11
--- !empty dir /etc
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1355, in ?
    if 1==unmerge(myaction, myfiles):
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1132, in unmerge
    retval=portage.unmerge(mysplit[0],mysplit[1],portage.root)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 1366, in unmerge
    mylink.unmerge()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 3438, in unmerge
    a=doebuild(myebuildpath,"postrm",self.myroot)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 1008, in doebuild
    settings["STARTDIR"]=os.getcwd()
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2002-09-19 14:36:03 UTC

2 questions ...
(1) is this related to Bug 7494
(2) what version of portage are you using
(3) what if you `su ; cd / ; emerge -C pwm` ?

Comment 2 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-09-21 13:07:20 UTC

This is fixed in 2.0.37. Please remember to specify the Portage version when
reporting a bug.