Bug 131405 – media-libs/libquicktime include symlink on upgrade error

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE

[Description Ben Carrell 2006-04-26 22:50:30 UTC]

Portage 2.1_pre9-r4 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.4-r1, 2.6.16-gentoo-r4 i686)
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System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo-r4 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre18
distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5, 2.4.2-r1
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r2
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r5
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -ffast-math -mmmx -m3dnow -msse -mfpmath=sse,387"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -ffast-math -mmmx -m3dnow -msse -mfpmath=sse,387"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.xmission.com/gentoo http://gentoo.llarian.net http://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/gentoo http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/gentoo.org http://gyroscope.acm.cs.rpi.edu/gentoo http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 3dnow X alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cjk cli crypt cups dri dvd eds emboss encode esd flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib isdnlog jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nptl ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl png pppd python quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl sse ssl tcpd theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vorbis xml2 xmms xorg xv zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse kernel_linux userland_GNU video_cards_nvidia"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS




Upgrading media-libs/libquicktime from 0.9.3-r1 to 0.9.7-r1 ([ebuild     U ] media-libs/libquicktime-0.9.7-r1 [0.9.3-r1] USE="X% gtk jpeg mmx png vorbis% -dv -ieee1394") the install fails this error:

>>> Merging media-libs/libquicktime-0.9.7-r1 to /
 * For compatibility with other quicktime libraries, libquicktime was
 * going to create a /usr/include/quicktime symlink, but for some
 * reason that is a directory on your system.
 * Please check that is empty, and remove it, or submit a bug
 * telling us which package owns the directory.

!!! ERROR: media-libs/libquicktime-0.9.7-r1 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1541:   Called dyn_preinst
  ebuild.sh, line 1020:   Called pkg_preinst
  libquicktime-0.9.7-r1.ebuild, line 82:   Called die

!!! /usr/include/quicktime is a directory.
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.

!!! FAILED preinst: 1

Contents of /usr/include/quicktime are:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.1K Nov 28  2004 colormodels.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.5K Nov 28  2004 lqt.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  134 Nov 28  2004 lqt1394_config.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6K Nov 28  2004 lqt_codecapi.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.4K Nov 28  2004 lqt_codecinfo.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  387 Nov 28  2004 lqt_version.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  17K Nov 28  2004 qtprivate.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11K Nov 28  2004 quicktime.h


Running `equery b /usr/include/quicktime' returns:
media-libs/libquicktime-0.9.3-r1 (/usr/include/quicktime)

[Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-04-27 00:04:16 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 128807 ***