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Bug 116592

Summary: eix complains about "garbage at the end of version string"
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Alexandre Buisse (RETIRED) <nattfodd>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Benedikt Böhm (RETIRED) <hollow>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: minor CC: emilbeinroth
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Description Alexandre Buisse (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-12-24 03:45:56 UTC
Hi,

this is really a minor issue, but anyway :
since eix-3 (iirc) and still with eix-5, whenever I use it, it begins by complaining in stderr :

Garbage at end of version string: *
Garbage at end of version string: *
Garbage at end of version string: *
Garbage at end of version string: *


Any idea on how to fix this ?
Thanks
Comment 1 Emil Beinroth 2005-12-24 08:21:08 UTC
Could you please check your /etc/portage/package.* for lines with *?
grep '\*' /etc/portage/package.*

What profile are you using? You didn't post the usual "emerge --info" :)
Comment 2 Alexandre Buisse (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-12-31 05:21:01 UTC
Thanks for the tip, it came from lines in /etc/portage/package.unmask that were saying "app/foo -*".
Comment 3 Emil Beinroth 2005-12-31 06:04:06 UTC
There was no bug to fix, please change the resolution from FIXED to INVALID.
Comment 4 Alexandre Buisse (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-12-31 06:05:53 UTC
Bad resolution
Comment 5 Alexandre Buisse (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-12-31 06:06:14 UTC
FIXED --> INVALID