On Saturday 27 December 2003 03:47, John Ross Hunt wrote: > > I now get this message when doing anything with emerge: > > >>> Auto-cleaning packages ... > > > > !!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/*sys-fs/devfsd!!! Invalid db entry: > > /var/db/pkg/*sys-fs/devfsd > > > > Does anyone know what this means? > > Look for a file named "-MERGING*" in your /var/db/pkg path. I'm going from > memory, so it may be something a little different. In any case, it's a > file with a "-" in front. > > Delete it.
Look up this topic in the archives and on forums. It's been around for a l-o-n-g time. I was miffed by this on a recent install from Stage1. Portage developers usually fix bugs quickly, but this one has hung around much too long. -- Collins -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
