trying to install firebird-2.1.1.17910-0 crashes during merge process and won't install without uninstalling previous version (dev-db/firebird-2.1.0.17798.0-r1) >>> Installing dev-db/firebird-2.1.1.17910.0 injecting /usr/lib/libfbclient.so.1 into /var/tmp/portage/dev-db/firebird-2.1.1.17910.0/image/ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 18, in <module> retval = _emerge.emerge_main() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 13444, in emerge_main myopts, myaction, myfiles, spinner) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 12687, in action_build retval = mergetask.merge() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 9314, in merge rval = self._merge() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 9523, in _merge self._main_loop() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 9625, in _main_loop self._poll_loop() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 8318, in _poll_loop handler(f, event) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 2162, in _output_handler self.wait() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1627, in wait self._wait_hook() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1688, in _wait_hook f(self) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 2815, in _post_phase_exit self.wait() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1627, in wait self._wait_hook() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1688, in _wait_hook f(self) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1920, in _task_exit_handler self.wait() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1627, in wait self._wait_hook() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1688, in _wait_hook f(self) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1871, in _default_final_exit return self.wait() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1627, in wait self._wait_hook() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1688, in _wait_hook f(self) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 2479, in _build_exit self.wait() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1627, in wait self._wait_hook() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1688, in _wait_hook f(self) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 3467, in _ebuild_exit self.wait() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1627, in wait self._wait_hook() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1688, in _wait_hook f(self) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 9504, in _build_exit self._schedule() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 8251, in _schedule return self._schedule_tasks() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 9628, in _schedule_tasks self._task_queues.merge.schedule() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 8150, in schedule task.start() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1608, in start self._start() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 3543, in _start self.returncode = self.merge.merge() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 3510, in merge retval = self._install_task.install() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 2547, in install rval = merge.execute() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 2874, in execute blockers=self.find_blockers) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/__init__.py", line 5818, in merge mydbapi=mydbapi, prev_mtimes=prev_mtimes) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py", line 3224, in merge mydbapi=mydbapi, prev_mtimes=prev_mtimes) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py", line 3232, in _merge cleanup=cleanup, mydbapi=mydbapi, prev_mtimes=prev_mtimes) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py", line 2594, in treewalk self._preserve_libs(srcroot, destroot, myfilelist+mylinklist, counter, inforoot) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py", line 2255, in _preserve_libs os.symlink(linktarget, os.path.join(srcroot, x.lstrip(os.sep))) OSError: [Errno 17] File exists Portage 2.2_rc4 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.25-gentoo-r6 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r6-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_Processor_3200+-with-glibc2.2.5 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:15:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r13, 2.5.2-r5 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r2 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -pipe -O2 -msse3 " CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/openjms/config /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -pipe -O2 -msse3 " DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch preserve-libs sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.localhost.net.ar/ http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo " LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="en es" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/local/overlays/kpex-media" SYNC="rsync://rsync.samerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="7zip X a52 aac acl acpi aim alsa amarok amd64 anthy apache2 arts artworkextra asterisk bash-completion berkdb bigger-fonts bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cddb cdparanoia cdr chasen cjk cli cracklib crypt cups curl dbus dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread emboss emul-linux-x86 encode evo exif expat fam fastcgi ffmpeg firefox flac flash font-server fortran gd gdbm geoip gif glut gphoto2 gpm gtk gtkhtml hal iconv icq imagemagick imlib innodb ipv6 isdnlog jabber java jpeg kde kdehiddenvisibility kerberos lcms ldap libnotify live lm_sensors lua mad midi mikmod mmx mng mozilla mp3 mpeg msn mudflap multilib mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl openmp oss pam pcre pdf perl php png ppds pppd python qt3 qt3support quicktime readline reflection ruby samba scanner sdl session slang speex spell spl sqlite sqlite3 sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg sysfs tcpd theora threads tidy tiff truetype unicode usb v4l v4l2 vcd vorbis xine xml xml2 xorg xpm xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc yahoo zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en es" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv vesa vga fbdev" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Reassigning to maintainer-needed since wltjr has left Gentoo, bug #135927.
No comment in years, closing bug as invalid for now since that version is no longer in tree. If the problem still exists, please reopen and provide information on which ebuild/version of firebird you are trying to install.
