After upgrading from sys-apps/portage-2.2.0_alpha90 to sys-apps/portage-2.2.0_alpha91, the helper program dispatch-conf fails: linux ~ # dispatch-conf Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/dispatch-conf", line 494, in <module> portage.settings.get('CONFIG_PROTECT', ''))) File "/usr/sbin/dispatch-conf", line 251, in grind confs = [x for x in confs if f(x)] File "/usr/sbin/dispatch-conf", line 170, in f mrgfail = portage.dispatch_conf.file_archive(archive, conf['current'], conf['new'], mrgconf) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dispatch_conf.py", line 141, in file_archive and diffstatusoutput_len("diff -aq '%s' '%s'" % (curconf,archive))[1] != 0: NameError: global name 'diffstatusoutput_len' is not defined I tried a run of "python-updater", which does not resolve the problem. Downgrading to sys-apps/portage-2.2.0_alpha90 makes dispatch-conf work again, upgrading again reproduces the problem. vdr ~ # emerge --info Portage 2.2.0_alpha91 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.13-r4, 3.2.6-gentoo-st7 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.2.6-gentoo-st7-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_II_X2_250_Processor-with-gentoo-2.0.3 Timestamp of tree: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:45:01 +0000 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] ccache version 3.1.6 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p20 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.6.6-r2, 2.7.2-r3, 3.2.2 dev-util/ccache: 3.1.6 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.6-r4 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.3 sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.8.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.5-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.1 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.13-r4 Repositories: gentoo vdr-devel MD-s-Lokales-Overlay Installed sets: ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1 AdobeFlash-10.3" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=amdfam10 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa /var/bind" 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" CXXFLAGS="-march=amdfam10 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--keep-going --ask-enter-invalid" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs ccache distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo " LANG="C" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="de" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/vdr-devel /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac aalib acl acpi alsa amd64 audio bash-completion berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo caps cdda cdr cli consolekit cpudetection cracklib crypt css cups curl cxx dbus declarative device-mapper dhcpcd dri dts dvb dvd dvdr emboss encode exif extensions extras faac faad fam fat firefox flac fortran gdbm gdu gif gnutls gpm gtk hddtemp hybrid-auth iconv id3tag ipv6 jpeg jpeg2k kde kipi kvm lame lcms ldap libnotify lm_sensors lock logrotate lxde lzma mad managesieve mbox mdnsresponder-compat mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mtp mudflap multilib ncurses nfs nfsv3 nfsv4 nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf phonon plasma png policykit ppds pppd python qemu qt3support qt4 readline resolvconf schroedinger sdl semantic-desktop session sieve snmp spell sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg sysfs tcpd test-programs threads thunar tiff truetype udev unicode usb v4l v4l2 vaapi vcd vdpau vdr video vim-syntax vnc vorbis vpx x264 xcb xcomposite xinerama xml xorg xscreensaver xulrunner xv xvid xvmc 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 proxy proxy_http" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="canon" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" DVB_CARDS="ttpci ttpremium" 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="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de" LIRC_DEVICES="userspace" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" SANE_BACKENDS="epson" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev vesa 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, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Seems fixed in portage-2.2.0_alpha92
(In reply to comment #1) > Seems fixed in portage-2.2.0_alpha92 Yes, fixed by this commit: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=f1fb411525e7429e4f361ad3d352a9154c0e44b6