Bug 827931 – sys-fs/static-dev-0.1-r2 pulled in, does not install on udev/devfs tmpfs

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description snowy.mail 2021-12-01 09:39:27 UTC]

After syncing to the latest portage tree, "emerge -uDN world" wants to emerge sys-fs/static-dev-0.1-r2 (marked as a new package).

Pulled in by virtual/dev-manager.

Pre-emerge check fails: "Cannot install on udev/devfs tmpfs."


Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
 * Messages for package sys-fs/static-dev-0.1-r2:

 * We have detected that you currently use udev or devfs or devtmpfs
 * and this ebuild cannot install to the same mount-point.
 * ERROR: sys-fs/static-dev-0.1-r2::gentoo failed (pretend phase):
 *   Cannot install on udev/devfs tmpfs.
 * 
 * Call stack:
 *                  ebuild.sh, line 127:  Called pkg_pretend
 *   static-dev-0.1-r2.ebuild, line  35:  Called abort
 *   static-dev-0.1-r2.ebuild, line  19:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *              die "Cannot install on udev/devfs tmpfs."

[Comment 1 snowy.mail 2021-12-01 09:40:34 UTC]

Created attachment 757122 [details]
emerge --info '=sys-fs/static-dev-0.1-r2::gentoo'

[Comment 2 Sam James 2021-12-01 09:52:05 UTC]

I suspect you've got sys-fs/udev masked unnecessarily so it pulls in a rather fringe provider of the virtual. See the eudev news item.

[Comment 3 Sam James 2021-12-01 09:52:38 UTC]

Could you share emerge -p -uvDU @world and grep -rsin "udev" /etc/portage

[Comment 4 snowy.mail 2021-12-01 12:44:28 UTC]

Thank you for the hints.

Actually, the systems affected had sys-fs/udev masked.

Unmasked it, emerge would install udev instead of eudev. No need for sys-fs/static-dev.

Thanks again.