Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-04 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Davide Carnovale < francesco.davide.carnov...@gmail.com> wrote: > yes, the problem was that python 2.6 was unmerged and the new one wasn't > selected yet. so eselecting the new python (2.7) and running python-updater > restored my system. i used an usb version of th

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-03 Thread Davide Carnovale
yes, the problem was that python 2.6 was unmerged and the new one wasn't selected yet. so eselecting the new python (2.7) and running python-updater restored my system. i used an usb version of the livedvd to help me in this, as wicd was among the broken things and i couldn't connect to the net to

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-03 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 05/02/2011 06:05:08 PM, Davide Carnovale wrote: > @alan, no error are printed, where and what should i look for in the > logs? > > @helmut python just returns to the console, without error or effect > of > any > sort, does it means python has get unmerged and that's why emerge > doesn't > work

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-02 Thread Indi
On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 09:50:02PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > Never blindly accept what depclean says and let it do it's thing. Study the > output, the warning printed on the screen to do just that is there for a > reason. > > Never blindly update protected config files with etc-update

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 00:16 on Tuesday 03 May 2011, Stroller did opine thusly: > On 2/5/2011, at 8:39pm, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > ... > > Two final DONTs: > > > > Never blindly accept what depclean says and let it do it's thing. Study > > the output, the warning printed on the screen t

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-02 Thread Stroller
On 2/5/2011, at 8:39pm, Alan McKinnon wrote: > ... > Two final DONTs: > > Never blindly accept what depclean says and let it do it's thing. Study the > output, the warning printed on the screen to do just that is there for a > reason. > > Never blindly update protected config files with etc-up

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 18:05 on Monday 02 May 2011, Davide Carnovale did opine thusly: > @alan, no error are printed, where and what should i look for in the logs? It looks awfully like depclean took away your old version of python before you used eselect. Others have posted details of

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 19:10 on Monday 02 May 2011, Mick did opine thusly: > On Monday 02 May 2011 17:05:08 Davide Carnovale wrote: > > @alan, no error are printed, where and what should i look for in the > > logs? > > > > @helmut python just returns to the console, without error or eff

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-02 Thread Mick
On Monday 02 May 2011 19:07:04 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Mick wrote: > > I'll guess, since everybody else is, that you updated python to 2.7, then > > did > > *NOT* run python-update, did not use eselect to change to 2.7, but *DID* > > run > > emerge --depclean which

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-02 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Mick wrote: > > I'll guess, since everybody else is, that you updated python to 2.7, then > did > *NOT* run python-update, did not use eselect to change to 2.7, but *DID* > run > emerge --depclean which removed dev-lang/python-2.6.6-r2. > > that would be "python-u

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-02 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Davide Carnovale < > francesco.davide.carnov...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> 2011/5/2 Helmut Jarausch >> >>> On 05/02/2011 05:38:03 PM, Davide Carnovale wrote: >>> > Hi all! >>> > i was going through a world

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-02 Thread Mick
On Monday 02 May 2011 17:05:08 Davide Carnovale wrote: > @alan, no error are printed, where and what should i look for in the logs? > > @helmut python just returns to the console, without error or effect of any > sort, does it means python has get unmerged and that's why emerge doesn't > work anym

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-02 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Davide Carnovale < francesco.davide.carnov...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2011/5/2 Helmut Jarausch > >> On 05/02/2011 05:38:03 PM, Davide Carnovale wrote: >> > Hi all! >> > i was going through a world update today and during --depclean emerge >> > throw >> > an error com

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-02 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Davide. On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 03:38:03PM +, Davide Carnovale wrote: > Hi all! > i was going through a world update today and during --depclean emerge throw > an error complaining about possible corrupted binaries or hw failure. > since then it has stopped working, no matter what i try to

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-02 Thread Davide Carnovale
@alan, no error are printed, where and what should i look for in the logs? @helmut python just returns to the console, without error or effect of any sort, does it means python has get unmerged and that's why emerge doesn't work anymore? 2011/5/2 Helmut Jarausch > On 05/02/2011 05:38:03 PM, Dav

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-02 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 05/02/2011 05:38:03 PM, Davide Carnovale wrote: > Hi all! > i was going through a world update today and during --depclean emerge > throw > an error complaining about possible corrupted binaries or hw failure. > since then it has stopped working, no matter what i try to emerge, > the > command

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 17:38 on Monday 02 May 2011, Davide Carnovale did opine thusly: > Hi all! > i was going through a world update today and during --depclean emerge throw > an error complaining about possible corrupted binaries or hw failure. > since then it has stopped working, no m

[gentoo-user] emerge stopped working

2011-05-02 Thread Davide Carnovale
Hi all! i was going through a world update today and during --depclean emerge throw an error complaining about possible corrupted binaries or hw failure. since then it has stopped working, no matter what i try to emerge, the command simply return to the shell without any kind of error or any other