Running an "emerge clean" I got an error message about an invalid db entry "sys-fs/devfsd" but the real problem was the invalid db entry "/var/db/pkg/ app-text/-MERGING-sablotron-0.97.portage_lockfile". In the method "cp_all()" of "class vardbapi" variable "y" contains the invalid entry put "x" will be printed. The following patch fixes the error: --- portage.py.orig 2003-11-11 21:15:03.000000000 +0100 +++ portage.py 2003-11-11 21:33:20.000000000 +0100 @@ -3334,7 +3334,7 @@ for y in mylist: mysplit=catpkgsplit(y) if not mysplit: - self.invalidentry(self.root+"var/db/pkg/"+x) + self.invalidentry(self.root+"var/db/pkg/"+y) continue mykey=mysplit[0]+"/"+mysplit[1] if not mykey in returnme: Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create an invalid entry in /var/db/pkg/<category> 2. Run "emerge clean" or something similiar Actual Results: Prints a "random" invalid entry. Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.20-gentoo-r8) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r8 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10p1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=i686 -funroll-loops -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/init.d /etc/pam.d /etc/skel /etc/X11/ chooser.sh /etc/X11/startDM.sh /etc/X11/app-defaults /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/ symbols/pc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /etc/X11/rstart/rstartd.real /etc/X11/xdm / etc/afs/C /etc/afs/afsws /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache autoaddcvs -sandbox buildpkg" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/ftp/mirror/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 foomaticdb mad esd 3dfx 3dnow aalib acl acpi afs alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb cdr crypt cups dga directfb doc dvd emacs encode ethereal fbcon gd gdbm gif -gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk imap imlib innodb ipv6 java jpeg kde lcms ldap leim libg++ libwww lirc mbox mcal mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg mule mysql nas ncurses nls oav odbc oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pdflib perl plotutils png pnp python qt quicktime readline samba sasl scanner sdl slang snmp spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype usb voodoo3 X Xaw3d xml2 xmms xv zlib"
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 31881 ***
