this was working with previous version of portage ... root@vapier 0 ~ # emerge metadata skipping sync >>> Updating Portage cache: 17%Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 2731, in ? cleanse_cache(pdb, oldcat, savelist) File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 2706, in cleanse_cache for pv in pdb.auxdb[porttree_root][cat].keys(): KeyError: 'cross-arm-gentoo-linux-uclibc' root@vapier 0 ~ # grep cross-arm-gentoo-linux-uclibc /etc/portage/categories cross-arm-gentoo-linux-uclibc root@vapier 0 ~ # ls /usr/local/portage/cross-arm-gentoo-linux-uclibc binutils gcc linux-headers uclibc root@vapier 0 ~ # portageq envvar PORTDIR_OVERLAY /usr/local/portage
I can confirm this Bug. PORTDIR_OVERLAY pointing to an overlay containing cross-compiler ebuilds breaks emerge --{sync,metadata} :-/ phi dvandyk # emerge --metadata skipping sync >>> Updating Portage cache: 17%Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 2731, in ? cleanse_cache(pdb, oldcat, savelist) File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 2706, in cleanse_cache for pv in pdb.auxdb[porttree_root][cat].keys(): KeyError: 'cross-powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu' phi dvandyk # emerge info Portage 2.0.52-r1 (default-linux/amd64/2005.1, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.12-gentoo-r5 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r5 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.2.3-r5, 2.3.5, 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 [snip] DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig buildsyspkg cvs distlocks sandbox sfperms sign strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/" LINGUAS="de" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://sigma/gentoo-portage"
Fixed in portage-2.0.53_rc3
Forgot to mark.
