After emerge sync and portage cache update: >>> Updating Portage cache... ...done! Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 2426, in ? mybestpv=portage.portdb.xmatch("bestmatch-visible","sys-apps/portage") File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 5509, in xmatch myval=best(self.xmatch("match-visible",None,mydep,mykey)) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 5520, in xmatch myval=match_from_list(mydep,self.xmatch("list-visible",None,mydep,mykey)) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 5506, in xmatch myval=self.gvisible(self.visible(self.cp_list(mykey))) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 5563, in visible mymatches_unmask=self.xmatch("match-all",z) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 5524, in xmatch myval=match_from_list(mydep,self.cp_list(mykey)) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 4189, in match_from_list raise KeyError, "Specific key requires an operator (%s) (try adding an '=')" % (mydep) KeyError: "Specific key requires an operator (sys-apps/portage-2.0.51_pre17) (try adding an '=')" Portage 2.0.51_pre17 (default-macos-10.3, gcc-3.3, libsystem-7.1-r0, 7.5.0 Power Macintosh powerpc)
User error. Fix your /etc/portage/package.unmask as the portage exception specified. To reiterate: "Specific key requires an operator (sys-apps/portage-2.0.51_pre17) (try adding an '=')"
thnxs
Closing out bugs that've been resolved for a while now...