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Bug 28368 - can't fully emerge mtools - ACCESS VIOLATION in middle of compile in /var/cache/edb et. al.
Summary: can't fully emerge mtools - ACCESS VIOLATION in middle of compile in /var/cac...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 13013
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High blocker (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2003-09-10 10:40 UTC by Benjamin W. Fisher
Modified: 2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
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Description Benjamin W. Fisher 2003-09-10 10:40:15 UTC 
When I try to emerge app-admin/mtools, which I need for another application to use, in the middle of compiling, I receive the following ACCESS VIOLATION summary:

chown: /var/cache/edb
chown: /var/cache/edb/dep
open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimedb

A log file is created, but it says no more than that.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

1.x86 system
2.gentoo 1.4_rc1 - portage 2.0.44
3.emerge app-admin/mtools

Actual Results:  
Beeping from pc speaker and:
-----------ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY-----------
chown: /var/cache/edb
chown: /var/cache/edb/dep
open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimedb
----------------------------------------------

Expected Results:  
Compiled...
Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2003-09-11 18:25:46 UTC 
upgrade your portage, this has long been fixed

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 13013 ***