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Bug 57065 - emerge -u mailx fails
Summary: emerge -u mailx fails
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 54121
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Net-Mail Packages
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Reported: 2004-07-14 12:47 UTC by Stony
Modified: 2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
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Description Stony 2004-07-14 12:47:38 UTC
It appears there are syntax errors in the latest ebuild for mailx.  Below is 
the screen buffer of what happens:

>>> clean: No packages selected for removal.
 
>>> Auto-cleaning packages ...
 
 mail-client/mailx
    selected: 8.1.2.20021129-r2
   protected: 8.1.2.20021129-r3
     omitted: none
 
>>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
>>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.
 
>>> Waiting 5 seconds before starting...
>>> (Control-C to abort)...
>>> Unmerging in: 5 4 3 2 1
>>> Unmerging mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2...
No package files given... Grabbing a set.
/usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: /var/db/pkg/mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2.ebuild: line 43: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
/usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: /var/db/pkg/mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2.ebuild: line 70: syntax error: unexpected end of file
 
!!! ERROR: mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2 failed.
!!! Function , Line 1294, Exitcode 1
!!! error sourcing ebuild
 
!!! FAILED prerm: 1


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge -u world
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
emerge fails fataly when it cannot uninstall the old mailx

Expected Results:  
emerge succeeds and says everything is up to date.
Comment 1 Tuan Van (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-07-14 12:54:07 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 54121 ***