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Bug 47677 - Total failure for portage, unable to perform any action related to portage
Summary: Total failure for portage, unable to perform any action related to portage
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 40831
Alias: None
Product: Portage Development
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Core (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High critical (vote)
Assignee: Portage team
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Reported: 2004-04-13 01:34 UTC by Jaco Kroon
Modified: 2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
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Description Jaco Kroon 2004-04-13 01:34:34 UTC
Portage has died on at least three of our servers, we cannot perform updates, perform queries or anything else related to portage.  I have no idea of what caused this, and more importantly, I have no idea of how to fix this!

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
run any command that makes use of protage.
Actual Results:  
root # emerge -upv world
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 14, in ?
    import portage
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 6128, in ?
    settings.regenerate() # XXX: Regenerate use after we get a vartree -- GLOBAL
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 1392, in regenerate
    self.configdict["auto"]["USE"]=autouse(db[root]["vartree"],use_cache=use_cac
                                                                               
   he)
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 1121, in autouse
    myresult=dep_check(mydep,myvartree.dbapi,None,use="no",use_cache=use_cache)
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 3309, in dep_check
    mylist=flatten(dep_listcleanup(dep_zapdeps(mysplit,mysplit2)))
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 3052, in dep_zapdeps
    myresult=dep_zapdeps(unreduced[x],reduced[x])
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 3038, in dep_zapdeps
    elif myportapi.match(x):
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'match'
root # python-updater 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/portageq", line 9, in ?
    import portage,types,string
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 6128, in ?
    settings.regenerate() # XXX: Regenerate use after we get a vartree -- GLOBAL
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 1392, in regenerate
    self.configdict["auto"]["USE"]=autouse(db[root]["vartree"],use_cache=use_cac
                                                                               
   he)
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 1121, in autouse
    myresult=dep_check(mydep,myvartree.dbapi,None,use="no",use_cache=use_cache)
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 3309, in dep_check
    mylist=flatten(dep_listcleanup(dep_zapdeps(mysplit,mysplit2)))
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 3052, in dep_zapdeps
    myresult=dep_zapdeps(unreduced[x],reduced[x])
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 3038, in dep_zapdeps
    elif myportapi.match(x):
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'match'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/portageq", line 9, in ?
    import portage,types,string
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 6128, in ?
    settings.regenerate() # XXX: Regenerate use after we get a vartree -- GLOBAL
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 1392, in regenerate
    self.configdict["auto"]["USE"]=autouse(db[root]["vartree"],use_cache=use_cac
                                                                               
   he)
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 1121, in autouse
    myresult=dep_check(mydep,myvartree.dbapi,None,use="no",use_cache=use_cache)
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 3309, in dep_check
    mylist=flatten(dep_listcleanup(dep_zapdeps(mysplit,mysplit2)))
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 3052, in dep_zapdeps
    myresult=dep_zapdeps(unreduced[x],reduced[x])
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 3038, in dep_zapdeps
    elif myportapi.match(x):
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'match'
 * Unable to proceed. Can not find PORTDIR. Make sure the command:
 *  
 *   portageq portdir
 *  
 * returns a value. If it doesn't, make sure you have updated to
 * latest portage version.
 *  
 * Report bugs to http://bugs.gentoo.org/
root # portageq portdir
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/portageq", line 9, in ?
    import portage,types,string
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 6128, in ?
    settings.regenerate() # XXX: Regenerate use after we get a vartree -- GLOBAL
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 1392, in regenerate
    self.configdict["auto"]["USE"]=autouse(db[root]["vartree"],use_cache=use_cache)
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 1121, in autouse
    myresult=dep_check(mydep,myvartree.dbapi,None,use="no",use_cache=use_cache)
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 3309, in dep_check
    mylist=flatten(dep_listcleanup(dep_zapdeps(mysplit,mysplit2)))
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 3052, in dep_zapdeps
    myresult=dep_zapdeps(unreduced[x],reduced[x])
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 3038, in dep_zapdeps
    elif myportapi.match(x):
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'match'
root # 

Expected Results:  
Not crashed and done what it normally did (namely an intermediate step to system
update).
Comment 1 Jaco Kroon 2004-04-13 01:52:05 UTC
Oh, I forgot to add, two of the machines are running portage-2.0.50-r1 and the other is running portage-2.0.50-r3.
Comment 2 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-04-13 01:56:48 UTC
which version of portage ?
Comment 3 Jaco Kroon 2004-04-13 02:59:41 UTC
I believe I already answered that, version 2.0.50, r1 on two machines and r3 on another.
Comment 4 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-04-13 09:14:28 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 40831 ***