Python-updater will only run if /usr/bin/python points to python2.2, but that results in the packages just being re-installed into /usr/lib/python2.2. If /usr/bin/python points to python2.3, python-updater complains that it cannot load the portage .pyc file(s), and after listing the packages that need to be remerged it fails with: /usr/bin/python2.2: can't open file '/dev-lang/python/files/depreorder.py' (I did have to change the #! line in emerge to point at python2.2 for it to run at all if python -> python2.3.) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge python 2.3 2. run python-updater as specified by step 1 3. Actual Results: all installed python packages were remerged into 2.2, rather than into 2.3 Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r8, 2.6.0-test6-jhc1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.0-test6-jhc1 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU 1000MHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.11 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -mmmx -msse -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /var/bind /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -mmmx -msse -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/home/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs sandbox buildpkg ccache keeptemp" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/" MAKEOPTS="" PKGDIR="/media/1394/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/home/portage" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 apm foomaticdb mad gtkhtml arts ggi esd ldap aalib acl acpi alsa apache2 avi berkdb bonobo cdr cjk crypt cups dv dvd encode ethereal evo flash gb gd gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 guile imap imlib innodb ipv6 java jbig jikes jpeg junit kde ksi lcms leim libg++ libgda libwww mbox mikmod mmx motif mozilla mozsvg mpeg mule nas ncurses nls nptl objc oci8 oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pda pdflib perl pic plotutils png pnp postgres python qt quicktime radeon readline ruby sasl scanner sdl slang slp snmp spell sse ssl tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype unicode usb wmf X xml xml2 xmms xv zlib -mysql -svga"
That's the one I wanted to re-assign.
what does 'portageq portdir' return? if you are trying python2.3, it is recommended that you unmask portage-2.0.49-r16
ARGH! I looked in sys-apps/portage to see whether anything newer was available before posting that report.... 5s and 6s must start to look alike :( will try again after upgrading to -r16.
*** Bug 33147 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
i've added a check before merging to make sure you have the right portage version. this shouldn't happen anymore, hopefully.
