Grant Edwards wrote: > After an emerge --sync that appeared to work with no problems, my > "emerge -auvND world" command is reporting that the Changelong files > are broken for about 2/3 of the packages it wants to update: > > !!! Digest verification failed: > !!! /usr/portage/dev-libs/libxml2/ChangeLog > !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size > !!! Got: 5221 > !!! Expected: 5038 > > !!! Digest verification failed: > !!! /usr/portage/app-text/iso-codes/ChangeLog > !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size > !!! Got: 4195 > !!! Expected: 4014 > > [ ... and so on for another dozen or so packages ... ] > > I removed the emerge timestamp, sync'ed again, and got the same > result. Based on past experiences, I'm guessing that if I wait a day > or two and sync again the problems will go away. > > But I am curious what causes these temporary breakages. Does anybody > know how this happens? >
I synced just a few minutes ago and got this: These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] sys-apps/busybox-1.23.1-r1::gentoo USE="ipv6 static syslog -debug -livecd -make-symlinks -math -mdev -pam* -savedconfig (-selinux) -sep-usr -systemd" 0 KiB [ebuild U ~] media-libs/mesa-11.0.5::gentoo [11.0.4::gentoo] USE="classic dri3 egl gallium gbm llvm nptl udev -bindist -d3d9 -debug -gles1 -gles2 -opencl -openmax -osmesa -pax_kernel -pic (-selinux) -vaapi -vdpau -wayland -xa -xvmc" ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)" VIDEO_CARDS="(-freedreno) -i915 -i965 -ilo -intel -nouveau -r100 -r200 -r300 -r600 -radeon -radeonsi -vmware" 7,102 KiB [ebuild U ~] net-analyzer/rrdtool-1.5.5::gentoo [1.5.4::gentoo] USE="graph perl tcl tcpd -dbi -doc -lua -python -rados -rrdcgi -ruby -static-libs" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" 2,137 KiB Total: 3 packages (2 upgrades, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 9,238 KiB Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] y >>> Verifying ebuild manifests !!! Digest verification failed: !!! /var/cache/portage/tree/sys-apps/busybox/busybox-9999.ebuild !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size !!! Got: 8493 !!! Expected: 8580 >>> Emerging (1 of 3) sys-apps/busybox-1.23.1-r1::gentoo >>> Jobs: 0 of 3 complete, 1 running Load avg: 1.38, 1.81, 1.98 !!! Digest verification failed: !!! /var/cache/portage/tree/sys-apps/busybox/busybox-9999.ebuild !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size !!! Got: 8493 !!! Expected: 8580 >>> Emerging (2 of 3) media-libs/mesa-11.0.5::gentoo >>> Failed to emerge sys-apps/busybox-1.23.1-r1 It would seem this is a widespread problem and not just some small fluke. Maybe it will sort out in a few days. Dale :-) :-)
