I installed python 2.3.3 which is not the default for kernel-2.4.26-gentoo-r6 that I am running. I then uninstalled it with emerge --unmerge python-2.3.3 Note python 2.1 is still on the system: Here is the proof: # epm -aq |grep python python-fchksum-1.6.1-r1 mysql-python-0.9.2-r1 python-2.1.3-r1 However now any emerge command is causing errors: For example: # emerge ./python-2.3.3.ebuild /usr/bin/emerge:333: SyntaxWarning: local name 'gcc_ver_command' in 'getgccversion' shadows use of 'gcc_ver_command' as global in nested scope 'fallback' def getgccversion(): /usr/bin/emerge:333: SyntaxWarning: local name 'gcc_distcc_broken_error' in 'getgccversion' shadows use of 'gcc_distcc_broken_error' as global in nested scope 'fallback' def getgccversion(): /usr/bin/emerge:333: SyntaxWarning: local name 'gcc_ver_prefix' in 'getgccversion' shadows use of 'gcc_ver_prefix' as global in nested scope 'fallback' def getgccversion(): /usr/bin/emerge:333: SyntaxWarning: local name 'gcc_not_found_error' in 'getgccversion' shadows use of 'gcc_not_found_error' as global in nested scope 'fallback' def getgccversion(): /usr/bin/emerge:1173: SyntaxWarning: local name 'mynewslot' in 'display' shadows use of 'mynewslot' as global in nested scope 'lambda' def display(self,mylist): Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 14, in ? import portage File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 13, in ? import getbinpkg File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/getbinpkg.py", line 7, in ? import htmllib,HTMLParser,string,formatter,sys,os,xpak,time,tempfile,cPickle,base64 ImportError: No module named HTMLParser # ---------------------- END -------------- EXAMPLE END---------------------------------- Here is a complete listing of what's installed on the machine: # epm -aq linux-headers-2.4.21 gentoo-sources-2.4.22-r7 gentoo-sources-2.4.25 gentoo-sources-2.4.26-r3 gentoo-sources-2.4.26-r6 make-3.80 gettext-0.12.1 patch-2.5.9 gnuconfig-20030708 m4-1.4.1 bison-1.875 gcc-config-1.3.4 gcc-3.3.3-r6 libperl-5.8.2 libtool-1.4.3-r4 flex-2.5.4a-r5 bc-1.06-r5 bin86-0.16.0 binutils-2.14.90.0.8-r1 autoconf-2.59-r3 automake-1.8.3 texinfo-4.6 coreutils-5.2.1 kbd-1.12-r2 file-4.08 less-381 cronbase-0.2.1-r3 modutils-2.4.25 groff-1.18.1-r4 miscfiles-1.3-r1 man-1.5l-r6 util-linux-2.12-r4 portage-2.0.50-r9 pam-login-3.14 help2man-1.29 ed-0.2-r3 sed-4.0.9 findutils-4.1.20-r1 fbset-2.1 man-pages-1.67 debianutils-1.16.7-r4 diffutils-2.8.4-r4 baselayout-1.9.4-r3 slocate-2.7-r5 gawk-3.1.3-r1 grep-2.5.1-r1 hdparm-5.4 tcp-wrappers-7.6-r8 which-2.16 shadow-4.0.4.1-r3 procps-3.1.15 psmisc-21.2-r4 setserial-2.17-r2 vixie-cron-3.0.1-r4 xinetd-2.3.12 net-tools-1.60-r8 module-init-tools-3.0-r2 pwdb-0.62 glibc-2.3.3.20040420 slang-1.4.9 pam-0.77 readline-4.3-r4 gdbm-1.8.0-r5 db-1.85-r1 db-4.1.25_p1-r3 cracklib-2.7-r8 lib-compat-1.3 gpm-1.20.1 ncurses-5.4-r1 libcap-1.10 db-4.2.52_p2 zlib-1.2.1-r2 ctags-5.5-r1 yacc-1.9.1-r1 dialog-0.9_beta20031002 cvs-1.11.17 intltool-0.30 cvsd-1.0.2 docutils-0.3.3 python-fchksum-1.6.1-r1 egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 mysql-python-0.9.2-r1 bash-2.05b-r9 sash-3.6 blackdown-jre-1.4.1 java-config-1.2.6 blackdown-jdk-1.4.1 ant-1.5.4-r1 tk-8.3.4-r1 python-2.1.3-r1 perl-5.8.2-r1 tcl-8.3.4 swig-1.3.19 nasm-0.98.38 expat-1.95.6-r1 openssl-0.9.7d glib-1.2.10-r5 libelf-0.8.2 popt-1.7-r1 cyrus-sasl-2.1.14 libxml2-2.6.6 libmcrypt-2.5.7 libxslt-1.1.3 libol-0.3.13 cyrus-imap-dev-2.1.14 mhash-0.8.18-r1 hashalot-0.1.0 gd-2.0.23 freetype-2.1.5-r1 libpng-1.2.5-r4 libwmf-0.2.8.2 fontconfig-2.2.1 libungif-4.1.0.1b audiofile-0.2.5 jpeg-6b-r3 giflib-4.1.0-r3 tiff-3.5.7-r1 imlib-1.9.14-r1 lcms-1.12 libmng-1.0.4 pdflib-5.0.2 freetype-1.3.1-r3 t1lib-5.0.0-r2 opengl-update-1.5 xfree-4.3.0-r5 ttmkfdir-3.0.9-r1 ncompress-4.2.4 unzip-5.50-r2 cabextract-0.6 bzip2-1.0.2-r3 cpio-2.5 tar-1.14 gzip-1.3.3-r4 sharutils-4.2.1-r9 vim-core-6.3 nano-1.3.2-r1 vim-6.3 ntp-4.2.0-r2 dhcpcd-1.3.22_p4-r4 rsync-2.6.0-r2 wget-1.9-r2 neon-0.24.5 netkit-telnetd-0.17-r3 stunnel-4.04-r1 iputils-021109-r3 openssh-3.8.1_p1-r1 devfsd-1.3.25-r6 e2fsprogs-1.35 lilo-22.5.8-r1 syslog-ng-1.6.4 sudo-1.6.7_p5 zprod-manager-0.1 zope-config-0.3 mailbase-0.00-r5 cyrus-imapd-2.2.3 cyrus-imspd-1.7b iptables-1.2.9-r4 postgresql-7.3.6 mysql-4.0.20 unixODBC-2.2.6 Template-Toolkit-2.13 DBI-1.38 Storable-2.07-r1 Net-Daemon-0.37 DBD-mysql-2.1027 PlRPC-0.2016-r1 Chart-1.0.1-r1 GD-2.12 XML-Parser-2.34 TimeDate-1.16 CGI-3.04 URI-1.28 Text-Tabs+Wrap-2001.0929 Test-Harness-2.30 Test-Simple-0.47-r1 AppConfig-1.56-r1 MIME-Base64-3.00 GDTextUtil-0.86 GDGraph-1.43 libnet-1.17 MailTools-1.60 HTML-Tagset-3.03-r2 IO-stringy-2.108-r1 digest-base-1.05 Digest-MD5-2.33 HTML-Parser-3.34-r1 Crypt-SSLeay-0.49 libwww-perl-5.79 MIME-tools-5.411a-r2 File-Spec-0.84-r1 bind-tools-9.2.3-r1 bind-9.2.2-r3 hesiod-3.0.2 ncftp-3.1.7 proftpd-1.2.9-r2 liblockfile-1.03-r1 libwww-5.4.0-r2 c-client-2002e-r2 epm-0.8.8 gentoolkit-0.2.0_pre8 lynx-2.8.5 horde-2.2.5 horde-pear-1.3-r1 webapp-config-1.9-r2 horde-chora-1.2.1 horde-chora-1.2.2 squid-2.5.5-r2 apache-2.0.50 esound-0.2.33 gnome-libs-1.4.2 ORBit-0.5.17 gtk+-1.2.10-r10 qt-3.3.0-r1 cups-1.1.20 htmltidy-3.10.29 sablotron-0.97 aspell-0.50.3 rcs-5.7-r2 wv-1.0.0 pdftohtml-0.36 ghostscript-7.07.1-r2 xlhtml-0.5 unrtf-0.19.3 php-4.3.6 mod_php-4.3.4-r4 graphviz-1.10 mailx-support-20030215 pine-4.58 mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r3 sendmail-8.12.11-r3 procmail-3.22-r6 formulator-1.6.2 placelesstranslationservice-fork-1.0_rc3 zope-2.6.4-r1 epoz-0.8.0 groupuserfolder-2.0 cmf-1.4.2-r1 plone-2.0 ploneerrorreporting-0.1 cmfformcontroller-1.0.1 cmfquickinstallertool-1.4 plonetranslations-0.1 externaleditor-0.7-r1 btreefolder2-1.0 portaltransforms-1.0.3 archetypes-1.2.5_rc4 cmfactionicons-0.9 #---------------------------------------END--------------- What's going on??? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. type emerge at the command prompt 2. 3. Actual Results: Same error as in Details above Expected Results: emerged whatever was required See Details above
Copying python 2.3 and all of the files that epm -ql lists for python 2.3 from an identical machine does not fix the problem. The error message remains..... I was probably not right about python 2.3.3 not being the default for the setup on this machine.... Now what?!!
Solved... the python 2.3 copy worked... still had to repoint the symbolic /usr/bin/python link to python version 2.3..... Why does emerge not prohibit the removal of packages that it itself depends on?
As you already discovered unmerging python isn't a good idea.. The forums has a faq entry describing stuff you should never unmerge and possible ways to fix it if you happen to unmerge them anyway. See http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=33609
