On Sunday 23 April 2006 01:08 pm, Mick wrote: > On 23/04/06, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I run eix-sync instead. I just ran it with no problems here. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Mark > > Sorry, I should have said, I ran eix-sync -v first and after a little > while I also tried to run emerge --sync. I got the same errors on > both occasions. > > Just tried again for a third time now with the same result! > > What do such errors indicate: > ========================= > Failed cache update: gnome-extra/zenity-2.10.1 "Corruption detected > when reading key 'zenity-2.10.1': dictionary update sequence element > #0 has length 1; 2 is required" > > Failed cache update: gnome-extra/zenity-2.14.0 "Corruption detected > when reading key 'zenity-2.14.0': dictionary update sequence element > #0 has length 1; 2 is required" > ========================= > > I've got my portage on an xfs partition on this laptop . . . could it > be related to this?
To me that doesn't look like filesystem stuff. I think something murdered your portage cache. I'd try and axe the whole thing (if possible) and rebuild it all. Could take a long time, but it could work. Also, if those two packages aren't installed right now, it looks like all it's complaining about is the absence of one line. You could possibly find a way to hand-write the missing data, and see if that shuts it up. I'm no expert, but that's my first impression.
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