I am going to give you the whole story: I started an "emerge -u world". It did install/update the following: 1077675551: >>> AUTOCLEAN: sys-apps/man-pages 1077675556: === Unmerging... (sys-apps/man-pages-1.64) 1077675568: >>> unmerge success: sys-apps/man-pages-1.64 1077675572: ::: completed emerge (1 of 95) sys-apps/man-pages-1.65 to / 1077675572: >>> emerge (2 of 95) sys-devel/libtool-1.4.3-r3 to / 1077675572: === (2 of 95) Cleaning (sys-devel/libtool-1.4.3-r3::/usr/portage/sys-devel/libtool/libtool-1.4.3-r3.ebuild) 1077675574: === (2 of 95) Compiling/Merging (sys-devel/libtool-1.4.3-r3::/usr/portage/sys-devel/libtool/libtool-1.4.3-r3.ebuild) 1077675703: === (2 of 95) Post-Build Cleaning (sys-devel/libtool-1.4.3-r3::/usr/portage/sys-devel/libtool/libtool-1.4.3-r3.ebuild) 1077675705: >>> AUTOCLEAN: sys-devel/libtool 1077675710: === Unmerging... (sys-devel/libtool-1.4.3-r1) 1077675721: >>> unmerge success: sys-devel/libtool-1.4.3-r1 1077675726: ::: completed emerge (2 of 95) sys-devel/libtool-1.4.3-r3 to / 1077675726: >>> emerge (3 of 95) sys-libs/ncurses-5.3-r5 to / 1077675726: === (3 of 95) Cleaning (sys-libs/ncurses-5.3-r5::/usr/portage/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses-5.3-r5.ebuild) 1077675728: === (3 of 95) Compiling/Merging (sys-libs/ncurses-5.3-r5::/usr/portage/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses-5.3-r5.ebuild) 1077676204: === (3 of 95) Post-Build Cleaning (sys-libs/ncurses-5.3-r5::/usr/portage/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses-5.3-r5.ebuild) 1077676206: >>> AUTOCLEAN: sys-libs/ncurses 1077676211: === Unmerging... (sys-libs/ncurses-5.3-r2) 1077676222: >>> unmerge success: sys-libs/ncurses-5.3-r2 1077676226: ::: completed emerge (3 of 95) sys-libs/ncurses-5.3-r5 to / 1077676226: >>> emerge (4 of 95) sys-devel/m4-1.4-r1 to / 1077676226: === (4 of 95) Cleaning (sys-devel/m4-1.4-r1::/usr/portage/sys-devel/m4/m4-1.4-r1.ebuild) 1077676228: === (4 of 95) Compiling/Merging (sys-devel/m4-1.4-r1::/usr/portage/sys-devel/m4/m4-1.4-r1.ebuild) 1077676265: === (4 of 95) Post-Build Cleaning (sys-devel/m4-1.4-r1::/usr/portage/sys-devel/m4/m4-1.4-r1.ebuild) 1077676267: >>> AUTOCLEAN: sys-devel/m4 1077676272: === Unmerging... (sys-devel/m4-1.4) 1077676277: >>> unmerge success: sys-devel/m4-1.4 1077676281: ::: completed emerge (4 of 95) sys-devel/m4-1.4-r1 to / 1077676281: >>> emerge (5 of 95) sys-devel/bison-1.875 to / 1077676281: === (5 of 95) Cleaning (sys-devel/bison-1.875::/usr/portage/sys-devel/bison/bison-1.875.ebuild) 1077676283: === (5 of 95) Compiling/Merging (sys-devel/bison-1.875::/usr/portage/sys-devel/bison/bison-1.875.ebuild) 1077676373: === (5 of 95) Post-Build Cleaning (sys-devel/bison-1.875::/usr/portage/sys-devel/bison/bison-1.875.ebuild) 1077676375: >>> AUTOCLEAN: sys-devel/bison 1077676380: === Unmerging... (sys-devel/bison-1.35) 1077676386: >>> unmerge success: sys-devel/bison-1.35 1077676390: ::: completed emerge (5 of 95) sys-devel/bison-1.875 to / 1077676390: >>> emerge (6 of 95) sys-apps/groff-1.18.1-r4 to / 1077676390: === (6 of 95) Cleaning (sys-apps/groff-1.18.1-r4::/usr/portage/sys-apps/groff/groff-1.18.1-r4.ebuild) 1077676392: === (6 of 95) Compiling/Merging (sys-apps/groff-1.18.1-r4::/usr/portage/sys-apps/groff/groff-1.18.1-r4.ebuild) 1077676557: === (6 of 95) Post-Build Cleaning (sys-apps/groff-1.18.1-r4::/usr/portage/sys-apps/groff/groff-1.18.1-r4.ebuild) 1077676559: >>> AUTOCLEAN: sys-apps/groff 1077676564: === Unmerging... (sys-apps/groff-1.18.1-r3) 1077676569: >>> unmerge success: sys-apps/groff-1.18.1-r3 1077676573: ::: completed emerge (6 of 95) sys-apps/groff-1.18.1-r4 to / 1077676573: >>> emerge (7 of 95) dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7c-r1 to / 1077676573: === (7 of 95) Cleaning (dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7c-r1::/usr/portage/dev-libs/openssl/openssl-0.9.7c-r1.ebuild) 1077676575: === (7 of 95) Compiling/Merging (dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7c-r1::/usr/portage/dev-libs/openssl/openssl-0.9.7c-r1.ebuild) 1077677398: === (7 of 95) Post-Build Cleaning (dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7c-r1::/usr/portage/dev-libs/openssl/openssl-0.9.7c-r1.ebuild) 1077677400: >>> AUTOCLEAN: dev-libs/openssl 1077677405: === Unmerging... (dev-libs/openssl-0.9.6k) 1077677421: >>> unmerge success: dev-libs/openssl-0.9.6k 1077677425: ::: completed emerge (7 of 95) dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7c-r1 to / 1077677425: >>> emerge (8 of 95) dev-lang/python-2.3.3 to / 1077677425: === (8 of 95) Cleaning (dev-lang/python-2.3.3::/usr/portage/dev-lang/python/python-2.3.3.ebuild) 1077677427: === (8 of 95) Compiling/Merging (dev-lang/python-2.3.3::/usr/portage/dev-lang/python/python-2.3.3.ebuild) 1077677822: === (8 of 95) Post-Build Cleaning (dev-lang/python-2.3.3::/usr/portage/dev-lang/python/python-2.3.3.ebuild) 1077677823: >>> AUTOCLEAN: dev-lang/python 1077677823: --- AUTOCLEAN: Nothing unmerged. 1077677823: ::: completed emerge (8 of 95) dev-lang/python-2.3.3 to / 1077677823: >>> emerge (9 of 95) dev-java/java-config-1.2.6 to / 1077677823: === (9 of 95) Cleaning (dev-java/java-config-1.2.6::/usr/portage/dev-java/java-config/java-config-1.2.6.ebuild) 1077677824: === (9 of 95) Compiling/Merging (dev-java/java-config-1.2.6::/usr/portage/dev-java/java-config/java-config-1.2.6.ebuild) 1077677832: === (9 of 95) Post-Build Cleaning (dev-java/java-config-1.2.6::/usr/portage/dev-java/java-config/java-config-1.2.6.ebuild) 1077677833: >>> AUTOCLEAN: dev-java/java-config 1077677833: --- AUTOCLEAN: Nothing unmerged. 1077677833: ::: completed emerge (9 of 95) dev-java/java-config-1.2.6 to / 1077677833: >>> emerge (10 of 95) dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.03 to / 1077677833: === (10 of 95) Cleaning (dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.03::/usr/portage/dev-java/sun-jdk/sun-jdk-1.4.2.03.ebuild) 1077677833: === (10 of 95) Compiling/Merging (dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.03::/usr/portage/dev-java/sun-jdk/sun-jdk-1.4.2.03.ebuild) 1077677834: *** terminating. As you can see it updated python to version 2.3.3. Since sun-jdk needs a file download emerge stopped at that point. I downloaded the sun-jdk file and restarted "emerge -u world" as I have done before a lot of times. But now emerge fails and prints the following: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 10, in ? import emergehelp,xpak,string,re,commands,time,shutil,traceback,atexit,signal File "/usr/lib/portage/bin/emergehelp.py", line 7, in ? from output import * ImportError: No module named output Starting "phyton-updater" states: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/portageq", line 9, in ? import portage,types,string ImportError: No module named portage Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/portageq", line 9, in ? import portage,types,string ImportError: No module named portage * Unable to proceed. Can not find PORTDIR. Make sure the command: * * portageq portdir * * returns a value. If it doesn't, make sure you have updated to * latest portage version. * * Report bugs to http://bugs.gentoo.org/ Starting "portageq portdir" states: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/portageq", line 9, in ? import portage,types,string ImportError: No module named portage Am I completely lost now? What can I do when emerge fails at that level? best regards, Michael Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge -u world 2.stop at sun-jdk, download file 3.emerge -u world Actual Results: emerge fails to start completely Expected Results: update system sorry, not possible, emerge will not start anymore
*** Bug 42868 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I have the same problem except that in my case I was able to complete the emerge world. All subsequent calls fail. I can link /usr/bin/python to python2.2 but I'm still unable to run python-updater. * Regenerating GNU info directory index... * Processed 220 info files. * IMPORTANT: 21 config files in /etc need updating. * Type emerge --help config to learn how to update config files. root # etc-update Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/portage/bin/portageq", line 9, in ? import portage,types,string File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 11, in ? import time,cPickle,atexit,grp,traceback,commands,pwd,cvstree,copy AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '_extension_registry' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/portage/bin/portageq", line 9, in ? import portage,types,string File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 11, in ? import time,cPickle,atexit,grp,traceback,commands,pwd,cvstree,copy AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '_extension_registry' Scanning Configuration files... Exiting: Nothing left to do; exiting. :) # python-updater -o 2.2 -n 2.3 -p Invalid or unset record 'packages' in mtimedb. Invalid or unset record 'eclass' in mtimedb. * Starting Python Updater from 2.2 to 2.3 : * Searching for packages with files in /usr/lib/python2.2 .. Adding to list: dev-python/python-fchksum-1.6.1-r1 * Calculating Upgrade Package List .. * Re-ordering packages to merge .. Invalid or unset record 'packages' in mtimedb. Invalid or unset record 'eclass' in mtimedb. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/portage/dev-lang/python/files/depreorder.py", line 25, in ? deps, slot = varapi.aux_get(pkg, ["DEPEND", "SLOT"]) TypeError: unpack non-sequence * Preparing to merge these packages in this order: * Python update completed successfully.
Is there anything going on regarding our problem? Do you have any idea what we can do to solve it? We are running a handful of Gentoo servers which have the same release state as this machine (fortunately as test system) had before we tried to run the update and we don't dare to update our production servers now. Thank you for your help and best regards, Michael
Michael, here are a few things you can do to fix it. Unfortunately, I had the problem on 2 machines (home linux servers, nothing important) and only one of them is back to working order (the more important of the 2). that being said, I WAS able to successfully update a third machine without a problem. - delete (move out of the way) /etc/portage/ if it exists. I had some package masks/unmasks there which seemed to be causing trouble. - comment out portage overlay in your make.conf. portage 2.5 may not like your modified/custom ebuilds - use an emergency copy of portage. you can find one for your platform here: /usr/portage/sys-apps/portage/files or at the URL mentioned in the readme. Make SURE you backup your make.conf before using any of those packages or else you will lose it! - once you have a working emerge you should run python-updater to get all packages to use python 2.3x. let me know if any of these suggestions helped.
If you machine is currently broken, grab a rescue tarball from http://dev.gentoo.org/~carpaski/portage_rescue/ and then untar it as follows: tar xjpUvf portage-rescue-2.0.xxxx.tbz2 -C / To ensure that your machine is updated without error: emerge sync emerge python portage
Using an emergency copy of portage solved this problem. Thank you very much and best regards, Michael
