Hi, I launched an "emerge --sync" and I got this at the end: --- 8< ------------------- 8< --- ... [zipped by me to improve lisibility] ... deleting app-misc/graphlcd-base/files/digest-graphlcd-base-0.1.3 Number of files: 155594 Number of files transferred: 53 Total file size: 183062353 bytes Total transferred file size: 146804 bytes Literal data: 146804 bytes Matched data: 0 bytes File list size: 3853345 Total bytes written: 1241 Total bytes read: 3909340 wrote 1241 bytes read 3909340 bytes 74487.26 bytes/sec total size is 183062353 speedup is 46.81 >>> Updating Portage cache: 89%!!! Cannot resolve a virtual package name to an ebuild. !!! This is a bug, please report it. (virtual/ada-1995) --- >8 ------------------- >8 --- I tried rsyncs on several hosts of ours that used different mirrors and got similar results (just the cache percentage or total file size changed). I don't know if this error is portage or emerge application or mirror related or even my host or networks related, but as suggested I reported it ;) I hope this helps, Regards, Richard B. PS: from emerge.log I read: 1199194469: Started emerge on: Jan 01, 2008 14:34:29 1199194469: *** emerge sync 1199194469: === sync 1199194469: >>> starting rsync with rsync://137.226.34.228/gentoo-portage 1199194522: === Sync completed with rsync://137.226.34.228/gentoo-portage 1199194862: *** terminating. --- >8 ------------------- >8 --- Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge --rsync 2. 3. Actual Results: >>> Updating Portage cache: 89%!!! Cannot resolve a virtual package name to an ebuild. !!! This is a bug, please report it. (virtual/ada-1995) Expected Results: the portage tree update
Your used Portage version is very crappy old, right?!
Assuming dupe. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 114798 ***
Hi Carlo, * sys-apps/portage Latest version available: 2.1.3.19 Latest version installed: 2.0.51.19 I am not sure if that is crappy old... perhaps. Sorry if that bug was just a duplicate. I shall read thru the other bug report to check for the solution to this issue. Regards, Ricahrd B.
(In reply to comment #3) > I am not sure if that is crappy old... perhaps. Unfortunately, yes. Gentoo is a distribution following the "rolling updates" mantra, which means you should update regularly - at least every three months or so. Version 2.0.51.19 was marked stable 2 years and ten months ago and has been been removed from the tree two years ago. If this is a sign of your general "maintenance level" you're probably better off doing a complete reinstall, btw.. > I shall read thru the other bug report to check for the solution to this issue. Yes, it's all in there, when you want to update the existing system.
