When I try an emerge -u world, it fails and I get this error: bash-2.05b# emerge -u world Calculating world dependencies Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 2023, in ? if not mydepgraph.xcreate(myaction): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 926, in xcreate if portage.db["/"]["vartree"].dbapi.match(x): File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 3149, in match mydep=dep_expand(origdep,self) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 2603, in dep_expand return prefix+cpv_expand(mydep,mydb)+postfix File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 2536, in cpv_expand if (not mydb.cp_list(mykey)) and virts and virts.has_key(mykey): File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 3101, in cp_list mystat=os.stat(self.root+"var/db/pkg/"+mysplit[0])[ST_MTIME] TypeError: stat() argument 1 must be (encoded string without NULL bytes), not str I have updated portage several times and still have this problem. I and others have asked on the forums, but nobody answer us. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Expected Results: Installed updated versions of programs on my world file. Portage 2.0.49-r3 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.20-xfs-r2) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-xfs-r2 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2200+ distcc 2.10 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.2 [enabled] ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -mfpmath=sse -mmmx -msse -fomit-frame-pointer -m3dnow" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -mfpmath=sse -mmmx -msse -fomit-frame-pointer -m3dnow" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox autoaddcvs distcc ccache" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.linux.no ftp://sunsite.uio.no/linux/Gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage.local" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss apm avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif jpeg libg++ mad mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xv zlib directfb alsa gdbm berkdb slang readline arts tetex aalib nas bonobo svga ggi tcltk java guile ruby mysql X sdl gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gnome qt kde motif opengl mozilla cdr scanner acpi apache2 artswrappersuid dga doc dvd fbcon gd gtk2 gtkhtml imap ipv6 jikes maildir samba sse usb -xmms -gtk"
You probably have a corrupt world file. Try to edit it and see: /var/cache/edb/world
I have the same problem. The content of my /var/cache/edb/world file: media-libs/aalib media-libs/libungif media-fonts/gnu-gs-fonts-std media-sound/alsa-utils sys-kernel/mm-sources gnome-base/gconf media-fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera net-www/netscape-flash media-sound/speechd media-libs/libsdl app-text/docbook-sgml-dtd sys-apps/tcp-wrappers x11-libs/gtk+ media-libs/alsa-oss app-arch/unzip media-sound/emu10k1-audigy app-cdr/xcdroast dev-libs/openssl app-portage/mirrorselect net-im/kopete media-libs/zvbi media-libs/alsa-lib net-misc/nforce-net dev-libs/libpcre app-text/ttf2pt1 app-cdr/cdrtools gnome-base/gnome-mime-data app-arch/rpm2targz app-arch/unrar media-libs/libflash games-fps/quake2-data games-arcade/project-starfighter media-libs/a52dec kde-base/kdemultimedia app-admin/fam-oss games-fps/enemy-territory media-fonts/gnu-gs-fonts-other x11-libs/libzvt sys-kernel/gs-sources sys-apps/modutils gnome-base/ORBit net-im/gaim dev-lang/nasm games-roguelike/angband media-gfx/povray net-misc/kssh kde-base/kdesdk net-www/mozilla-firebird-cvs app-admin/procinfo dev-util/ctags media-sound/alsa-tools media-sound/mpg123 kde-base/kdepim x11-base/xfree-drm net-www/links media-gfx/bootsplash sys-kernel/development-sources x11-base/xfree net/p2p/dcgui-qt dev-libs/libIDL media-video/ffmpeg media-sound/lame dev-util/kdevelop media-sound/festival dev-java/ant sys-devel/distcc media-sound/xmms app-text/psutils media-video/ati-drivers games-fps/quake2-relnev media-libs/xine-lib media-sound/esound net-p2p/gift-fasttrack sys-libs/lib-compat net-www/gplflash dev-libs/fribidi dev-util/cvs gnome-base/gnome net-analyzer/nmap dev-libs/libxml2 net-p2p/dcgui-qt app-editors/nano kde-base/kdegraphics sys-apps/module-init-tools app-emulation/winex-cvs x11-themes/gtk-themes net-print/cups app-text/htmltidy media-gfx/sketch x11-themes/mosfet-liquid-widgets media-sound/emu10k1 media-sound/mbrola app-text/wv2 dev-libs/libxml media-tv/tvtime media-gfx/blender dev-util/pkgconfig dev-java/sun-j2sdk app-text/xpdf sys-apps/time app-text/ghostscript dev-java/java-config games-fps/quake3-urbanterror app-office/gnumeric games-fps/aaquake2 dev-libs/libxslt kde-base/kdeedu media-libs/libdv app-sci/zetagrid media-video/mplayer dev-libs/popt media-libs/divx4linux media-libs/freetype dev-tex/eurosym app-dicts/aspell-nl games-arcade/frozen-bubble app-text/docbook-xml-dtd app-editors/kile x11-themes/noia media-libs/gdk-pixbuf x11-themes/silver-xcursors games-fps/quake3 dev-util/ccache dev-util/guile dev-libs/lzo net-p2p/dclib app-text/tetex app-portage/ufed media-libs/xvid kde-base/kdeartwork media-libs/libdvdread app-emulation/winex kde-base/kdenetwork kde-base/kdebase media-video/kmplayer app-editors/quanta kde-base/arts app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets app-cdr/cdrdao app-portage/ebuilder gnome-base/libbonoboui app-dicts/aspell-en media-libs/libao x11-themes/gtk-theme-switch x11-libs/qt x11-themes/noia-warm app-text/latex-ttf-fonts kde-base/kdelibs media-libs/audiofile games-fps/lsdldoom kde-base/kdeadmin dev-libs/libole2 app-admin/sudo dev-util/arch media-libs/libart_lgpl media-libs/sdl-image media-libs/libdvdcss dev-util/dialog gnome-base/gnome-vfs media-plugins/alsa-xmms dev-util/intltool x11-libs/openmotif app-text/gv net-www/mozilla media-sound/alsa-driver app-shells/tcsh media-libs/libvorbis app-crypt/johntheripper sys-kernel/vanilla-sources app-cdr/k3b gnome-base/libbonobo x11-libs/pango kde-base/kde net-nds/portmap media-video/transcode media-sound/alsamixergui dev-java/sun-jdk app-text/aspell app-portage/gentoolkit net-analyzer/tcpdump dev-libs/qsa net-irc/xchat kde-base/kdeutils media-libs/fontconfig app-misc/screen
deleting my world file and running regenworld doesn't fix it Updating portage (from 2.0.49-r3 to 2.0.48-r7) doesn't fix it.
It was solved for me. I had my own custom openssh ebuild in my portage overlay, which apparently generated the error. Deleting that openssh ebuild fixed it. (I got the clue after emerge -p openssh gave the final error, without the traceback). Stupidly, I deleted the ebuild, so I can't see what caused the error. I was too glad that I finally solved it.
*** Bug 30679 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
still an issue ?
It works for me now. I'm using portage 2.0.49-r15
seems to be fixed
