i tried to merge qmail using the following command: emerge netqmail at first i couldnt install because of mail-mta/ssmtp blocking it, i removed it: emerge -Ca mail-mta/ssmtp then i ran emerge again and it started to install mail-mta/netqmail-1.05-r8, all went on quite fast but in the end it failed saying there's a file collision. im a newb in gentoo, got completely no idea whats the matter, i pasted the log file under additional information. Reproducible: Always
Created attachment 177251 [details] The error log.
could you please add the error portage reported. you mention something about a file collision, but no such thing is mentioned in the posted log. it is important to know with what package the collision occurs. also, check if this is not a dupe of bug #61116
>>> Failed to install mail-mta/netqmail-1.05-r8, Log file: >>> '/var/tmp/portage/mail-mta/netqmail-1.05-r8/temp/build.log' * Messages for package mail-mta/netqmail-1.05-r8: * QA: stop using the bindnow-flags function ... simply drop it from your ebuild * This package will overwrite one or more files that may belong to other * packages (see list below). You can use a command such as `portageq * owners / <filename>` to identify the installed package that owns a * file. If portageq reports that only one package owns a file then do * NOT file a bug report. A bug report is only useful if it identifies at * least two or more packages that are known to install the same file(s). * If a collision occurs and you can not explain where the file came from * then you should simply ignore the collision since there is not enough * information to determine if a real problem exists. Please do NOT file * a bug report at http://bugs.gentoo.org unless you report exactly which * two packages install the same file(s). Once again, please do NOT file * a bug report unless you have completely understood the above message. * * Detected file collision(s): * * /usr/share/man/man3/error.3.bz2 * * Searching all installed packages for file collisions... * * Press Ctrl-C to Stop * * sys-apps/man-pages-3.14 * /usr/share/man/man3/error.3.bz2 * * Package 'mail-mta/netqmail-1.05-r8' NOT merged due to file collisions. * If necessary, refer to your elog messages for the whole content of the * above message.
thanks for the feedback. this is a known issue and it has a solution. try netqmail-1.06. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 137207 ***
