If your system python is 3.1, emerging app-text/xmldiff will fail as below. unmasking 0.6.10 will emerge fine. >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/app-text/xmldiff-0.6.9/work/xmldiff-0.6.9 ... python3.1 setup.py build File "setup.py", line 121 except OSError, ex: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax * ERROR: app-text/xmldiff-0.6.9 failed (compile phase): * Building failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 56: Called src_compile * environment, line 3643: Called distutils_src_compile * environment, line 970: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * "$(PYTHON)" "${setup_file#*|}" "${_DISTUTILS_GLOBAL_OPTIONS[@]}" build "$@" || die "Building failed"; * * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info =app-text/xmldiff-0.6.9', * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =app-text/xmldiff-0.6.9'. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-text/xmldiff-0.6.9/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-text/xmldiff-0.6.9/temp/environment'. * S: '/var/tmp/portage/app-text/xmldiff-0.6.9/work/xmldiff-0.6.9' Reproducible: Always Portage 2.1.10.3 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/gnome, gcc-4.4.5, glibc-2.12.2-r0, 2.6.39-gentoo-r3 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.39-gentoo-r3-x86_64-AMD_Phenom-tm-_II_X6_1090T_Processor-with-gentoo-2.0.3 Timestamp of tree: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:45:01 +0000 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [enabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.1-r1, 3.1.3-r1 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r9 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.4-r1 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.3 sys-apps/openrc: 0.8.3-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.5 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 2.6.36.1 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.12.2 Repositories: gentoo x-portage ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1 googleearth AdobeFlash-10 AdobeFlash-10.1" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=amdfam10" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=amdfam10" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs ccache distcc distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.linux.org.tr/gentoo/ http://gentoo.virginmedia.com/" LANG="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_ALL="en_GB.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="tr en en_GB en_US" MAKEOPTS="-j8" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" 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/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://gollum/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext 64bit X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 applet aspell bash-completion beagle berkdb bluetooth bluray branding brasero bzip2 cairo ccache cdda cddax cddb cdr cdrom cdrtools cli consolekit cpufreq cracklib crypt css cups cxx dbus deskbar device-mapper dga disk-partition dri dtmf dts dvd dvdnav dvdr dvi dvipdfm eds emboss encode exif extra faac faad fam fbcon fbcondecor ffmpeg firefox flac galago gdbm gdu gif gnome gnome-keyring gnutls gpm gps graphics gstreamer gtk h323 hddtemp iconv imap inotify jabber java java6 javascript jingle jpeg jpeg2k kms kpathsea laptop lcms libnotify mad mmx mmxext mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg msn mudflap multilib musicbrainz nautilus ncurses networkmanager nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin offensive ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf perl png policykit ppds pppd pstricks pulseaudio python qt3support qt4 readline samba science sdl session smp sms speex spell sqlite sse sse2 sse4a ssl startup-notification svg sysfs tcpd theora threads tiff totem truetype udev unicode usb v4l2 vaapi vdpau vim-syntax vorbis wav wavpack wmf wps x264 xcb xml xorg xulrunner xv xvid zemberek zeroconf zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" 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 cgi cgid 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" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="braindump flow karbon kexi kpresenter krita tables words" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="tr en en_GB en_US" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
$subject, will fix the python problem, too. thanks
amd64 ok
amd64 done. Thanks Agostino
x86 stable
alpha/ia64/sparc stable
ppc stable, closing.
