I'm trying to install the alsa-driver by: env ALSA_CARDS='ymf724' emerge alsa-driver and I get: Calculating dependencies !!! Name error in : category or package part missing. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1220, in ? mykey=portage.db[portage.root]["porttree"].dep_bestmatch(mypkg) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 2094, in dep_bestmatch mypkgdep=self.dep_pkgcat(mypkgdep) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 2077, in dep_pkgcat if self.hasnode(cat+"/"+mypkgdep_packagename): File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 1893, in hasnode myreskey=self.resolve_key(mykey) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 1842, in resolve_key self.load(mykey) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 1801, in load self.populate() File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 2498, in populate self.domask() File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 2506, in domask self.zap(y) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 1813, in zap mykey=cps[0]+"/"+cps[1] TypeError: unsubscriptable object I recently performed an emerge rsync and I could emerge packages before but not after (I have tried installing other packages and am left with same error). It seems that I can't perform another emerge rsync as it displays >>> starting rsync with rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage... and waits.
What version of portage are you using? emerge -V if it's older than 2.0.44, then use the rescue portage, then update portage with an 'emerge portage'. cd /usr/portage/sys-apps/portage/files/ less README.RESCUE
# emerge --version Portage 1.9.10 I guess that would be less than 2.0.44. :)
I'm not sure if this is related. But is there any advise for this problem?? [~] $ emerge -p world These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies -Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1547, in ? if not mydepgraph.xcreate(myaction): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 701, in xcreate myeb=portage.portdb.xmatch("bestmatch-visible",mydep) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 3214, in xmatch myval=best(self.xmatch("match-visible",None,mydep,mykey)) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 3225, in xmatch myval=self.match2(mydep,mykey,self.xmatch("list-visible",None,mydep,mykey)) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 3211, in xmatch myval=self.gvisible(self.visible(self.cp_list(mykey))) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 3293, in gvisible myaux=db["/"]["porttree"].dbapi.aux_get(mycpv, ["KEYWORDS"]) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 2972, in aux_get myebuild=self.findname(mycpv) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 2953, in findname myloc=self.oroot+"/"+mysplit[0]+"/"+psplit[0]+"/"+mysplit[1]+".ebuild" TypeError: unsubscriptable object [st_lim@rei (Tue Jan 21 10:05:46)] [~] $ emerge -V Portage 2.0.46-r9 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.1, glibc-2.3.1-r3)
Try a current portage. emerge rsync emerge portage
Suddenly, I am having this exact problem: spooky root # emerge -f xfree Calculating dependencies ...done! Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1862, in ? mydepgraph.merge(mydepgraph.altlist()) File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1098, in merge y=portage.portdb.findname(x[2]) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 3025, in findname myloc=self.oroot+"/"+mysplit[0]+"/"+psplit[0]+"/"+mysplit[1]+".ebuild" TypeError: unsubscriptable object spooky root # emerge -V Portage 2.0.47-r10 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r4) I get the same result from "emerge -fp world"
... and I just discovered that if I unmerged Xft and retried the "emerge -f xfree" command it worked! I think this points to the code related to packages that are blocked...
