etc-proposals displays: zippy ~ # etc-proposals qt4 frontend failed to start: Could not find qt4-bindings. gtk2 frontend failed to start: Could not find gtk-bindings. Welcome to etc-proposals, a shell for gentoo configuration updates shell version: 1.4.2 lib version: 1.4.3 copyright 2006, 2007 Björn Michaelsen, GPL v2 Type '?' or 'help' to get help or type 'n' to start iterating through proposed changes. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. execute etc-proposals 2. 3. Actual Results: Displays erro indicating that qt4-bindings cannot be found Expected Results: etc-proposals should use the qt4 frontend zippy ~ # eix etc-proposals [I] app-portage/etc-proposals Available versions: 1.4.3 ~1.4.3-r1 {gtk qt4} Installed versions: 1.4.3(11:55:57 AM 08/02/2009)(gtk qt4) Homepage: http://developer.berlios.de/projects/etc-proposals/ Description: a set of tools for updating gentoo config files zippy ~ # eix pyqt4 [I] dev-python/PyQt4 Available versions: 4.4.4-r2 ~4.4.4-r5 ~4.5.2 ~4.5.4 {X assistant dbus debug doc examples kde opengl phonon qt3support sql svg webkit xmlpatterns} Installed versions: 4.4.4-r2(09:47:13 AM 07/19/2009)(X dbus opengl qt3support svg -debug -doc -examples -webkit) Homepage: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro/ Description: A set of Python bindings for the Qt toolkit zippy ~ # emerge --info Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.2, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.28-tuxonice-r11 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.28-tuxonice-r11-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_CPU_T7200_@_2.00GHz-with-gentoo-1.12.11.1 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:15:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p39 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.8-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.5.4-r3, 2.6.2-r1 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2 ABI="amd64" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" 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 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" ASFLAGS_x86="--32" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CAMERAS="canon" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CDEFINE_amd64="__x86_64__" CDEFINE_x86="__i386__" CFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe" CFLAGS_x86="-m32" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST_amd64="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST_x86="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CLEAN_DELAY="5" COLLISION_IGNORE="/lib/modules" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CVS_RSH="ssh" CXXFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe" DEFAULT_ABI="amd64" DISPLAY=":0.0" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EDITOR="/bin/nano" ELIBC="glibc" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--verbose --with-bdeps y" EMERGE_WARNING_DELAY="10" FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" FOO2ZJS_DEVICES="hp1018" GCC_SPECS="" GDK_USE_XFT="1" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://chi-10g-1-mirror.fastsoft.net/pub/linux/gentoo/gentoo-distfiles/ http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo" HISTCONTROL="ignoredups" HISTIGNORE="&:[bf]g:exit:df:cd:h:l:ll:la:au:ad::htop:screen:mc" HOME="/root" INFOPATH="/usr/share/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.18/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.2/info" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics" JAVAC="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/bin/javac" JAVA_HOME="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm" JDK_HOME="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LC_ALL="en_US" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LDFLAGS_x86="-m elf_i386" LESS="-R -M --shift 5" LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s" LIBDIR_amd64="lib64" LIBDIR_amd64_fbsd="lib64" LIBDIR_ppc="lib32" LIBDIR_ppc64="lib64" LIBDIR_sparc32="lib32" LIBDIR_sparc64="lib64" LIBDIR_x86="lib32" LIBDIR_x86_fbsd="lib32" LOGNAME="root" LS_COLORS="rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:hl=44;37: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:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=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:*.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:*.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:" MAKEOPTS="-j3" MANPATH="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.18/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.2/man:/etc/java-config/system-vm/man/:/usr/kde/3.5/share/man:/usr/qt/3/doc/man:/opt/vmware/workstation/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)" NETBEANS="apisupport cnd groovy gsf harness ide identity j2ee java mobility nb php profiler soa visualweb webcommon websvccommon xml" OPENGL_PROFILE="nvidia" PAGER="/usr/bin/less" PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.3.2:/usr/kde/3.5/sbin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/opt/vmware/workstation/bin" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/qt/3/lib64/pkgconfig" PORTAGE_ARCHLIST="ppc x86-openbsd ppc-openbsd ppc64 x86-winnt x86-fbsd ppc-aix alpha arm x86-freebsd s390 amd64 x86-macos x64-openbsd ia64-hpux hppa x86-netbsd 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 mips-irix m68k sh x86-solaris sparc-fbsd" PORTAGE_BINHOST_CHUNKSIZE="3000" PORTAGE_BIN_PATH="/usr/lib64/portage/bin" PORTAGE_COMPRESS_EXCLUDE_SUFFIXES="css gif htm[l]? jp[e]?g js pdf png" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_DEBUG="0" PORTAGE_DEPCACHEDIR="/var/cache/edb/dep" PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="warn error log" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM="portage@localhost" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILSUBJECT="[portage] ebuild log for ${PACKAGE} on ${HOST}" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="root" PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save" PORTAGE_FETCH_CHECKSUM_TRY_MIRRORS="5" PORTAGE_FETCH_RESUME_MIN_SIZE="350K" PORTAGE_GID="250" PORTAGE_INST_GID="0" PORTAGE_INST_UID="0" PORTAGE_NICENESS="3" PORTAGE_PYM_PATH="/usr/lib64/portage/pym" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES="3" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTAGE_TMPFS="/dev/shm" PORTAGE_VERBOSE="1" PORTAGE_WORKDIR_MODE="0700" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" PORT_LOGDIR="/var/log/portage" PRELINK_PATH_MASK="/usr/lib64/klibc" PROFILE_ONLY_VARIABLES="ARCH ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND" PWD="/root" QMAKESPEC="linux-g++" QTDIR="/usr/qt/3" RESUMECOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -c -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" ROOT="/" ROOTPATH="/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.3.2:/usr/kde/3.5/sbin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/opt/vmware/workstation/bin" RPMDIR="/usr/portage/rpm" RUBYOPT="-rauto_gem" SHELL="/bin/bash" SHLVL="1" STAGE1_USE="multilib nptl nptlonly unicode" SYMLINK_LIB="yes" SYNC="rsync://speedy/gentoo-portage" TERM="xterm" USE="X accessibility acl acpi adns aio alsa amarok amazon amd amd64 apm archive arts automount bash-completion berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdr chroot cli cpio cracklib crypt css cups curl curlwrappers daap dbus dri dv dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo exif fam fbcondecor fbsplash firefox fortran ftp gdbm gif gimp glibc-omitfp gpm grub gstreamer gtk hal hddtemp iconv imagemagick isdnlog jad java java6 javascript jce jpeg kde laptop lcms ldap libnotify lm_sensors logitech-mouse loop-aes mad midi mikmod mmx mng mouse mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap multilib musicbrainz mysql ncurses nfs nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ntp ogg opengl openmp pam pcmcia pcre pdf perl plasma png policykit ppds pppd python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime rdesktop readline realmedia reflection resolvconf rpm rtc samba sdl seamonkey session slang smp smtp sockets spell spl sql sqlite sqlite3 sse sse2 sse3 ssl ssse3 startup-notification subversion svg swat sysfs syslog tcpd threads threadsafe tiff truetype unicode usb utempter vim-syntax visualization vnc vorbis wav wavpack webdav-neon wifi winbind wireshark wma wmf wmp xine xml xorg xpm xscreensaver xulrunner xv zip 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 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" CAMERAS="canon" ELIBC="glibc" FOO2ZJS_DEVICES="hp1018" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia vesa fbdev" USER="root" USERLAND="GNU" USE_EXPAND="ALSA_CARDS ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS APACHE2_MODULES APACHE2_MPMS CAMERAS CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS DVB_CARDS ELIBC FCDSL_CARDS FOO2ZJS_DEVICES FRITZCAPI_CARDS INPUT_DEVICES KERNEL LCD_DEVICES LINGUAS LIRC_DEVICES MISDN_CARDS NETBEANS_MODULES QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS QEMU_USER_TARGETS SANE_BACKENDS USERLAND VIDEO_CARDS" USE_EXPAND_HIDDEN="CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND" USE_ORDER="env:pkg:conf:defaults:pkginternal:env.d" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia vesa fbdev" XAUTHORITY="/root/.xauthJEWIND" XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/etc/xdg" XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/local/share:/usr/kde/3.5/share:/usr/share" _="/usr/bin/emerge"
I should add that this problem is occuring on two systems. Both are maintained as close to stable as I can manage. On one system there is no /etc/portage/package.keywords file and on the other the keywords file is very small.
Please feel free to close this bug. Today I did a world update, which forced me to run python-updater. python-updater, in turn, caused a bunch of ebuilds to reinstall. I then did another world update, after which etc-proposals started wwworking. I have no idea which action corrected the problem, but I can no longer recreate it. Thanks
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