With the new version of cups (1.6.0) no version of pycups can be installed. Pycups install without problems with prior version(s) of cups (for example 1.5.3). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge =cups-1.6.0 2. emerge pycups 3. fail Portage 2.1.11.9 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.6.3, glibc-2.15-r2, 6.6.6 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-6.6.6-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-2600K_CPU_@_3.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.1 Timestamp of tree: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 04:15:01 +0000 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p37 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.12 dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3-r1 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.8-r3 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.27 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1-r1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.10.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.6, 1.12.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.22.90 sys-devel/gcc: 4.6.3, 4.7.1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r3 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.5 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.15-r2 Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync: rsync://81.91.242.10/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 x-portage location: /usr/local/portage masters: gentoo priority: 0 ABI="amd64" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" ACCEPT_PROPERTIES="*" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ANT_HOME="/usr/share/ant" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ARCH="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" BLENDER_SYSTEM_DATAFILES="/usr/share/blender/datafiles" BLENDER_SYSTEM_PLUGINS="/usr/lib64/plugins" BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS="/usr/share/blender/scripts" BOOTSTRAP_USE="cxx unicode multilib" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" CFLAGS_amd64="-m64" CFLAGS_x32="-mx32" CFLAGS_x86="-m32" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST_amd64="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST_x32="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST_x86="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CLEAN_DELAY="3" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" COLLISION_IGNORE="/lib/modules/* *.py[co]" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /var/bind /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="${EPREFIX}/etc/gconf /etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CVS_RSH="ssh" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" DCCC_PATH="/usr/lib64/distcc/bin" DEFAULT_ABI="amd64" DISPLAY=":0" DISTCC_LOG="" DISTCC_VERBOSE="" DISTDIR="/media/STORAGE/Personal/Documents/gentoo/distfiles" ELIBC="glibc" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n -v" EMERGE_WARNING_DELAY="10" EPREFIX="" EROOT="/" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks fixlafiles metadata-transfer news parallel-fetch parallel-install parse-eapi-ebuild-head protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FETCHCOMMAND="wget -4 -t 3 -T 10 --passive-ftp -O '${DISTDIR}/${FILE}' '${URI}'" FETCHCOMMAND_RSYNC="rsync -avP "${URI}" "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}"" FETCHCOMMAND_SFTP="bash -c "x=\${2#sftp://} ; host=\${x%%/*} ; port=\${host##*:} ; host=\${host%:*} ; [[ \${host} = \${port} ]] && port=22 ; exec sftp -P \${port} \"\${host}:/\${x#*/}\" \"\$1\"" sftp "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" FETCHCOMMAND_SSH="bash -c "x=\${2#ssh://} ; host=\${x%%/*} ; port=\${host##*:} ; host=\${host%:*} ; [[ \${host} = \${port} ]] && port=22 ; exec rsync --rsh=\"ssh -p\${port}\" -avP \"\${host}:/\${x#*/}\" \"\$1\"" rsync "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GCC_SPECS="" GDK_USE_XFT="1" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/ http://mirrors.telepoint.bg/gentoo/ http://ftp.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de/mirrors/gentoo/ http://gentoo-euetib.upc.es/mirror/gentoo/" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="" GSETTINGS_BACKEND="gconf" HG="/usr/bin/hg" HOME="/root" INFOPATH="/usr/share/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.6.3/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.22.90/info" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse" JAVACC_HOME="/usr/share/javacc/" KDE_IS_PRELINKED="1" KERNEL="linux" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LANGUAGE="" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LDFLAGS_amd64="-m elf_x86_64" LDFLAGS_x32="-m elf32_x86_64" LDFLAGS_x86="-m elf_i386" LESS="-R -M --shift 5" LESSOPEN="|lesspipe %s" LIBBLURAY_CP="/usr/share/libbluray/lib/libbluray.jar" LIBDIR_amd64="lib64" LIBDIR_amd64_fbsd="lib64" LIBDIR_n32="lib32" LIBDIR_n64="lib64" LIBDIR_o32="lib" LIBDIR_ppc="lib32" LIBDIR_ppc64="lib64" LIBDIR_s390="lib32" LIBDIR_s390x="lib64" LIBDIR_sparc32="lib32" LIBDIR_sparc64="lib64" LIBDIR_x32="libx32" LIBDIR_x86="lib32" LIBDIR_x86_fbsd="lib32" LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH="/usr/lib64/dri:/usr/lib32/dri" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en en_US" LOGNAME="root" LS_COLORS="rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.axv=01;35:*.anx=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.pdf=00;32:*.ps=00;32:*.txt=00;32:*.patch=00;32:*.diff=00;32:*.log=00;32:*.tex=00;32:*.doc=00;32:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.axa=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:" MAIL="/var/mail/root" MAKEOPTS="-j10" MANPATH="/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.6.3/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.22.90/man:/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/man/" MULTILIB_ABIS="amd64 x86" MULTILIB_STRICT_DENY="64-bit.*shared object" MULTILIB_STRICT_DIRS="/lib32 /lib /usr/lib32 /usr/lib /usr/kde/*/lib32 /usr/kde/*/lib /usr/qt/*/lib32 /usr/qt/*/lib /usr/X11R6/lib32 /usr/X11R6/lib" MULTILIB_STRICT_EXEMPT="(perl5|gcc|gcc-lib|binutils|eclipse-3|debug|portage|udev)" NETBEANS="apisupport cnd groovy gsf harness ide identity j2ee java mobility nb php profiler soa visualweb webcommon websvccommon xml" OPENCL_PROFILE="amd" OPENGL_PROFILE="ati" PAGER="/usr/bin/most" PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.6.2:/usr/games/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/games/bin" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PKGDIR="/media/STORAGE/Personal/Documents/gentoo/packages" PORTAGE_ARCHLIST="ppc sparc64-freebsd ppc-openbsd x86-openbsd ppc64 x86-winnt x86-fbsd ppc-aix alpha arm x86-freebsd s390 amd64 arm-linux x86-macos x64-openbsd ia64-hpux hppa x86-netbsd ppc64-linux x86-cygwin amd64-linux ia64-linux x86 sparc-solaris x64-freebsd sparc64-solaris x86-linux x64-macos sparc m68k-mint ia64 mips ppc-macos x86-interix hppa-hpux amd64-fbsd x64-solaris m68k sh x86-solaris sparc-fbsd" PORTAGE_BINHOST_CHUNKSIZE="3000" PORTAGE_BIN_PATH="/usr/lib64/portage/bin" PORTAGE_COMPRESS="xz" PORTAGE_COMPRESS_EXCLUDE_SUFFIXES="css gif htm[l]? jp[e]?g js pdf png" PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS="-9" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_DEBUG="0" PORTAGE_DEPCACHEDIR="/var/cache/edb/dep" PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="log warn error" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM="portage@localhost" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILSUBJECT="[portage] ebuild log for ${PACKAGE} on ${HOST}" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="root" PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save_summary echo" PORTAGE_FETCH_CHECKSUM_TRY_MIRRORS="5" PORTAGE_FETCH_RESUME_MIN_SIZE="350K" PORTAGE_GID="250" PORTAGE_GPG_SIGNING_COMMAND="gpg --sign --digest-algo SHA256 --clearsign --yes --default-key "${PORTAGE_GPG_KEY}" --homedir "${PORTAGE_GPG_DIR}" "${FILE}"" PORTAGE_INST_GID="0" PORTAGE_INST_UID="0" PORTAGE_OVERRIDE_EPREFIX="" PORTAGE_PYM_PATH="/usr/lib64/portage/pym" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="-4" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES="-1" PORTAGE_SYNC_STALE="30" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTAGE_VERBOSE="1" PORTAGE_WORKDIR_MODE="0700" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" PORT_LOGDIR="/var/tmp/portage/logs" PORT_LOGDIR_CLEAN="find "${PORT_LOGDIR}" -type f ! -name "summary.log*" -mtime +7 -delete" PRELINK_PATH_MASK="/usr/lib64/libfreebl3.so:/usr/lib64/libnssdbm3.so:/usr/lib64/libsoftokn3.so" PROFILE_ONLY_VARIABLES="ARCH ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND" PWD="/home/n0ks" PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE="1" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_2 python2_7" QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM="raster" QT_PLUGIN_PATH="/usr/lib64/kde4/plugins" RESUMECOMMAND="wget -4 -c -t 3 -T 10 --passive-ftp -O '${DISTDIR}/${FILE}' '${URI}'" RESUMECOMMAND_RSYNC="rsync -avP "${URI}" "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}"" RESUMECOMMAND_SSH="bash -c "x=\${2#ssh://} ; host=\${x%%/*} ; port=\${host##*:} ; host=\${host%:*} ; [[ \${host} = \${port} ]] && port=22 ; exec rsync --rsh=\"ssh -p\${port}\" -avP \"\${host}:/\${x#*/}\" \"\$1\"" rsync "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" ROOT="/" ROOTPATH="/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.6.3" RPMDIR="/usr/portage/rpm" RUBYOPT="-rauto_gem" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" R_HOME="/usr/lib64/R" SANE_CONFIG_DIR="/etc/sane.d" SHELL="/bin/bash" SHLVL="1" SUDO_COMMAND="/bin/su" SUDO_GID="1000" SUDO_UID="1000" SUDO_USER="n0ks" SYMLINK_LIB="yes" SYNC="rsync://81.91.242.10/gentoo-portage" TERM="xterm" UNINSTALL_IGNORE="/lib/modules/*" USB_DEVFS_PATH="/dev/bus/usb" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 apng ares avx bash-completion berkdb bluetooth bluray branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus declarative dri dts dvd dvdr emboss encode exif fam firefox flac fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk gzip iconv ipv6 java jpeg kde kdm kipi lcms ldap libnotify lm_sensors lzma mad matroska mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nsplugin offensive ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf perl phonon plasma png policykit ppds pppd python qt3support qt4 readline sdl semantic-desktop session spell sse sse2 sse3 sse4 sse4_1 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg tcpd tiff truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb vorbis wxwidgets x264 xcb xcomposite xinerama xml xscreensaver xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en en_US" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_2 python2_7" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" USER="root" USERLAND="GNU" USERNAME="root" USE_BASE="mmx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 sse4 sse4_1 python perl udev openmp unicode udev" USE_DESKTOP="X kde qt4 apng jpeg nsplugin java kdm cups alsa -pulseaudio" USE_EXPAND="ALSA_CARDS ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS APACHE2_MODULES APACHE2_MPMS CALLIGRA_FEATURES CAMERAS COLLECTD_PLUGINS CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS CURL_SSL DRACUT_MODULES DVB_CARDS ELIBC FCDSL_CARDS FFTOOLS FOO2ZJS_DEVICES FRITZCAPI_CARDS GPSD_PROTOCOLS GRUB_PLATFORMS INPUT_DEVICES KERNEL LCD_DEVICES LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS LINGUAS LIRC_DEVICES MISDN_CARDS NETBEANS_MODULES NGINX_MODULES_HTTP NGINX_MODULES_MAIL OFED_DRIVERS OPENMPI_FABRICS OPENMPI_OFED_FEATURES OPENMPI_RM PHP_TARGETS PYTHON_TARGETS QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS QEMU_USER_TARGETS RUBY_TARGETS SANE_BACKENDS USERLAND VIDEO_CARDS VOICEMAIL_STORAGE XFCE_PLUGINS XTABLES_ADDONS" USE_EXPAND_HIDDEN="CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND" USE_EXTRA="bluray bash-completion bluetooth bzip2 gstreamer gzip mp3 matroska lm_sensors usb x264 offensive ssl lzma avx ares" USE_ORDER="env:pkg:conf:defaults:pkginternal:repo:env.d" VBOX_APP_HOME="/usr/lib64/virtualbox" VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx" XAUTHORITY="/root/.xauthXPX6rX" XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/etc/xdg" XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/local/share:/usr/share" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" _="/usr/bin/emerge"
Created attachment 319590 [details] cups build.log
I also had the same problem and downgrading to CUPS 1.5.3 on Funtoo worked.
Fixed in pycups-1.9.61-r1 by adding some upstream commits
