On 27 May 2009, at 09:32, Jon Hardcastle wrote:
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As the guy that started this thread I am testimony to this problem.
I now have a tainted (albeit only slightly) system as my main server
at home!
This whole problem came about because I wanted to install truecrypt
(another powder keg!) needed a new version of udev that needed x, y
and z.
...
I'm interested to know how you resolved the whole thing, and if your
machine is up & running again now.
I'm particularly interested to know how your system is "tainted".
There was some suggestion, I think, earlier in the thread that you'd
ended up installing Python manually, and that it might have left files
all over your system that might in future misbehave with your Portage-
installed (once you get it fixed) Python. I was about to suggest that
there are tools in the tree that should enable you to find files on
your system that don't belong to any ebuild - I see that Jorge has
(whilst I've been typing this) questioned the ability of qfile to do
this accurately, but there is perhaps some other tool.
I would also add that I'd reckon you've got a pretty sound system if
you can `emerge -e world` successfully - if you've got portage working
again, then don't worry too much about about what *might* have
"tainted" things. Just enjoy.
Stroller.
