I'm try to update eix, but after download cache file and reading info from armagetron overlay all stopped: solshark img # update-eix-remote update * Fetching eix-caches.tbz2 --2008-03-08 01:37:34-- http://dev.gentooexperimental.org/eix_cache/eix-caches.tbz2 Resolving dev.gentooexperimental.org... 81.93.240.53 Connecting to dev.gentooexperimental.org|81.93.240.53|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 250167 (244K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `eix-caches.tbz2' 100%[===========================================================================================================================================>] 250.167 13,5K/s in 26s 2008-03-08 01:38:06 (9,45 KB/s) - `eix-caches.tbz2' saved [250167/250167] * Unpacking data * Calling update-eix Reading Portage settings .. Building database (/var/cache/eix) .. [0] "gentoo" /usr/portage/ (cache: eix) Reading 100% [1] "kde4-experimental" /usr/portage/local/layman/kde (cache: eix [/usr/portage/local/layman/kde]) Reading 100% [2] "" (layman/arcon) (cache: eix* /tmp/update-eix-remote.2MkOET/1/_usr_portage_local_layman_arcon.eix [*]) Reading 0% Cache file /tmp/update-eix-remote.2MkOET/1/_usr_portage_local_layman_arcon.eix uses obsolete format 25 (current is 26) Reading aborted [3] "" (layman/armagetron) (cache: eix* /tmp/update-eix-remote.2MkOET/1/_usr_portage_local_layman_armagetron.eix [*]) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.update-eix-remote update 2. 3. Actual Results: Nothing. eix just stop but not exit. eix process still running. Expected Results: update overlay info Portage 2.1.4.4 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.2.3, glibc-2.7-r1, 2.6.23-gentoo-r5 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.23-gentoo-r5 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ Timestamp of tree: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:00:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.5 dev-lang/python: 2.5.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.24 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 -m3dnow -mtune=athlon64 -march=athlon64 -mfpmath=sse -falign-functions=64" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/svn/env /usr/kde/svn/share/config /usr/kde/svn/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 -m3dnow -mtune=athlon64 -march=athlon64 -mfpmath=sse -falign-functions=64" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache collision-protect distlocks fixpackages metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="" LC_ALL="ru_UA.utf8" LINGUAS="ru en" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/kde" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext 7zip X acl alsa amd64 bash-completion berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dvd dvdr dvdread fortran gdbm gif gpm hal iconv isdnlog jpeg jpeg2k logrotate midi mmx mmxext mp3 mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia ogg openexr opengl openmp pam pcre perl png pppd python rar readline reflection samba session slang spl sse sse2 sslssse3 svg tcpd tiff truetype unicode utf8 vcd vim-syntax vorbis x264 xml xorg 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 mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" APACHE2_MPMS="prefork" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="mouse keyboard" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="ru en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv nvidia vesa" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS [ebuild R ] app-portage/eix-0.11.0 USE="-sqlite" 0 kB
You will have to wait until the eix on gentooexperimental are provided in the current eix format. Of course, it is not correct that update-eix dies on files with obsolete eix format. I will fix this in the eix svn trunk (>=eix-0.12.1), soon.
fixed version in the tree, thanks for reporting :-)
