portage is failing on all emerge - example for bash: >>> Merging app-shells/bash-2.05b-r9 to / --- /usr/ --- /usr/bin/ >>> /usr/bin/bashbug --- /usr/share/ --- /usr/share/man/ --- /usr/share/man/man1/ >>> /usr/share/man/man1/rbash.1.gz >>> /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz >>> /usr/share/man/man1/bashbug.1.gz >>> /usr/share/man/man1/builtins.1.gz --- /usr/share/info/ >>> /usr/share/info/bashref.info.gz -> bash.info.gz >>> /usr/share/info/bash.info.gz --- /usr/share/doc/ >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/ >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/README.gz >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/NEWS.gz >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/AUTHORS.gz >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/CHANGES.gz >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/COMPAT.gz >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/Y2K.gz >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/FAQ.gz >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/INTRO.gz --- /bin/ >>> /bin/bash >>> /bin/sh -> bash >>> /bin/rbash -> bash Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 2991, in ? mydepgraph.merge(mydepgraph.altlist()) File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1839, in merge retval=portage.doebuild(y,"merge",myroot,self.pkgsettings,edebug) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 2562, in doebuild return merge(mysettings["CATEGORY"],mysettings["PF"],mysettings["D"],mysettings["BUILDDIR"]+"/build-info",myroot,mysettings,myebuild=mysettings["EBUILD"]) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 2695, in merge return mylink.merge(pkgloc,infloc,myroot,myebuild) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 6670, in merge return self.treewalk(mergeroot,myroot,inforoot,myebuild,cleanup=cleanup) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 6385, in treewalk env_update(makelinks=(not downgrade)) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 599, in env_update if y[-1]!='/': IndexError: string index out of range Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Might have started after prelinking - not sure though 2. emerge anything 3. fails on env-update
root@tumbleweed05 bin # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 2.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.8-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.21-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -falign-functions=4 -fprefetch-loop-arrays" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -falign-functions=4 -fprefetch-loop-arrays" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aim alsa apache2 apm arts avi bash berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups dvd encode esd f77 foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk2 imlib java joystick jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg mpeg4 mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl pam pcmcia pdflib perl php png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex truetype vim vim-with-x x86 xemacs xine xml2 xmms xv yahoo zlib"
I commented out the following from /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py #ld.so.conf needs updating and ldconfig needs to be run myfd=open(root+"etc/ld.so.conf","w") myfd.write("# ld.so.conf autogenerated by env-update; make all changes to\n") myfd.write("# contents of /etc/env.d directory\n") for x in specials["LDPATH"]: myfd.write(x+"\n") myfd.close() ld_cache_update=True # Update prelink.conf if we are prelink-enabled # if prelink_capable: # newprelink=open(root+"etc/prelink.conf","w") # newprelink.write("# prelink.conf autogenerated by env-update; make all changes to\n") # newprelink.write("# contents of /etc/env.d directory\n") # # for x in ["/bin","/sbin","/usr/bin","/usr/sbin","/lib","/usr/lib"]: # newprelink.write("-l "+x+"\n"); # for x in specials["LDPATH"]+specials["PATH"]+specials["PRELINK_PATH"]: # if not x: # continue # plmasked=0 # for y in specials["PRELINK_PATH_MASK"]: # if y[-1]!='/': # y=y+"/" # if y==x[0:len(y)]: # plmasked=1 # break # if not plmasked: # newprelink.write("-h "+x+"\n") # for x in specials["PRELINK_PATH_MASK"]: # newprelink.write("-b "+x+"\n") # newprelink.close() if not mtimedb.has_key("ldpath"): mtimedb["ldpath"]={} for x in specials["LDPATH"]+['/usr/lib','/lib']: try: newldpathtime=os.stat(x)[stat.ST_MTIME] except SystemExit, e: raise except: newldpathtime=0 if mtimedb["ldpath"].has_key(x): if mtimedb["ldpath"][x]==newldpathtime: pass Works now, but not sure of the impact - please advise the impact until a fix is available. Thanks, Brian >>> Merging app-shells/bash-2.05b-r9 to / --- /usr/ --- /usr/bin/ >>> /usr/bin/bashbug --- /usr/share/ --- /usr/share/man/ --- /usr/share/man/man1/ >>> /usr/share/man/man1/rbash.1.gz >>> /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz >>> /usr/share/man/man1/bashbug.1.gz >>> /usr/share/man/man1/builtins.1.gz --- /usr/share/info/ >>> /usr/share/info/bashref.info.gz -> bash.info.gz >>> /usr/share/info/bash.info.gz --- /usr/share/doc/ --- /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/ >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/README.gz >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/NEWS.gz >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/AUTHORS.gz >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/CHANGES.gz >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/COMPAT.gz >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/Y2K.gz >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/FAQ.gz >>> /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/INTRO.gz --- /bin/ >>> /bin/bash >>> /bin/sh -> bash >>> /bin/rbash -> bash >>> Safely unmerging already-installed instance... --- !mtime obj /usr/share/man/man1/rbash.1.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/share/man/man1/builtins.1.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/share/man/man1/bashbug.1.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/share/info/bash.info.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/Y2K.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/README.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/NEWS.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/INTRO.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/FAQ.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/COMPAT.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/CHANGES.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9/AUTHORS.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/bin/bashbug --- !mtime obj /bin/bash --- !empty dir /usr/share/man/man1 --- !empty dir /usr/share/man --- !empty dir /usr/share/info --- !empty dir /usr/share/doc/bash-2.05b-r9 --- !empty dir /usr/share/doc --- !empty dir /usr/share --- !empty dir /usr/bin --- !empty dir /usr --- !empty dir /bin --- !targe sym /usr/share/info/bashref.info.gz --- !targe sym /bin/sh --- !targe sym /bin/rbash >>> original instance of package unmerged safely. >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... * Caching service dependencies... >>> app-shells/bash-2.05b-r9 merged. app-shells/bash selected: 3.0-r7 protected: 2.05b-r9 omitted: none >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. >>> Waiting 5 seconds before starting... >>> (Control-C to abort)... >>> Unmerging in: 5 4 3 2 1 >>> Unmerging app-shells/bash-3.0-r7... No package files given... Grabbing a set. --- !mtime obj /usr/share/man/man1/rbash.1.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/share/man/man1/builtins.1.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/share/man/man1/bashbug.1.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz <<< obj /usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo <<< obj /usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo --- !mtime obj /usr/share/info/bash.info.gz <<< obj /usr/share/doc/bash-3.0-r7/Y2K.gz <<< obj /usr/share/doc/bash-3.0-r7/README.gz <<< obj /usr/share/doc/bash-3.0-r7/NEWS.gz <<< obj /usr/share/doc/bash-3.0-r7/INTRO.gz <<< obj /usr/share/doc/bash-3.0-r7/FAQ.gz <<< obj /usr/share/doc/bash-3.0-r7/COMPAT.gz <<< obj /usr/share/doc/bash-3.0-r7/CHANGES.gz <<< obj /usr/share/doc/bash-3.0-r7/AUTHORS.gz --- !mtime obj /usr/bin/bashbug --- cfgpro obj /etc/bash/bashrc --- cfgpro dir /etc/bash --- !mtime obj /bin/bash <<< dir /usr/share/doc/bash-3.0-r7 --- !empty dir /usr/share/man/man1 --- !empty dir /usr/share/man --- !empty dir /usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES --- !empty dir /usr/share/locale/en@quot --- !empty dir /usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES --- !empty dir /usr/share/locale/en@boldquot --- !empty dir /usr/share/locale --- !empty dir /usr/share/info --- !empty dir /usr/share/doc --- !empty dir /usr/share --- !empty dir /usr/bin --- !empty dir /usr --- !empty dir /etc --- !empty dir /bin --- !targe sym /usr/share/info/bashref.info.gz --- !targe sym /bin/sh --- !targe sym /bin/rbash >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... * Caching service dependencies... >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... * Caching service dependencies... >>> Auto-cleaning packages ... >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. * Regenerating GNU info directory index... * Processed 275 info files.
This is the result of a syntax error in a config file. Old and very unlikely to be reproduced. The TB is a good thing, but could be printed cleaner.
