I did this: $ emerge /usr/portage/dev-lang/python/python-2.3.2-r1.ebuild In response to the resulting message at the end of the merge: * If you have just upgraded from python-2.2.x you will need to run: * * /usr/portage/dev-lang/python/files/python-updater I ran python-updater. It did not complete successfully, and it looks like it's hosed python on my system: `emerge --version` doesn't work anymore. See below for the errors. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. $ emerge /usr/portage/dev-lang/python/python-2.3.2-r1.ebuild 2. 3. Actual Results: blommie upfront # /usr/portage/dev-lang/python/files/python-updater Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/portageq", line 9, in ? import portage,types,string ImportError: No module named portage Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/portageq", line 9, in ? import portage,types,string ImportError: No module named portage Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in ? ImportError: No module named portage * Starting Python Updater from 2.2 to 2.3 : * Searching for packages with files in /usr/lib/python2.2 .. Adding to list: dev-db/postgresql-7.3 Adding to list: dev-libs/libxslt-1.0.19 Adding to list: dev-libs/libxml2-2.4.21 Adding to list: dev-libs/libxml2-2.4.23 Adding to list: dev-python/csv-1.0 Adding to list: dev-python/egenix-mx-base-2.0.4 Adding to list: dev-python/twisted-1.1.0 Adding to list: dev-python/pygtk-0.6.8-r2 Adding to list: dev-python/pycrypto-1.9_alpha4 Adding to list: dev-python/python-ldap-2.0.0_pre06 Adding to list: dev-python/pychecker-0.8.11 Adding to list: dev-python/python-fchksum-1.6.1 Adding to list: dev-python/bsddb3-3.4.0-r1 Adding to list: dev-python/docutils-0.3-r1 Adding to list: dev-python/PyOpenGL-2.0.0.44 Adding to list: dev-python/psycopg-1.1.5.1 Adding to list: dev-python/happydoc-2.0.1 Adding to list: dev-python/4Suite-0.11.1 Adding to list: dev-python/wxPython-2.3.2.1 Adding to list: dev-python/wxPython-2.4.0.2 * Calculating Upgrade Package List .. * Re-ordering packages to merge .. /usr/bin/python2.2: can't open file '/dev-lang/python/files/depreorder.py' * Preparing to merge these packages in this order: * Python update completed successfully. blommie upfront # locate depreorder.py /usr/portage/dev-lang/python/files/depreorder.py blommie upfront # emerge --version Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 10, in ? import emergehelp,xpak,string,re,commands,time,shutil,traceback,atexit,signal File "/usr/lib/portage/bin/emergehelp.py", line 7, in ? from output import * ImportError: No module named output
what does "portageq portdir" return? and what version of portage? *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 32374 ***
