Bug 71736 – Python error with etcat -u on package xorg-x11

• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
• Product: Portage Development

[Description Diederik van der Boor 2004-11-19 02:09:54 UTC]

This is what I get with "etcat -u":

root@pts/2 root # etcat -u =x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.0-r1
[ Colour Code : set unset ]
[ Legend   : (U) Col 1 - Current USE flags        ]
[          : (I) Col 2 - Installed With USE flags ]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/etcat", line 677, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/etcat", line 673, in main
    function(query, matches)
  File "/usr/bin/etcat", line 364, in uses
    used = p.get_use_vars().split()
AttributeError: Package instance has no attribute 'get_use_vars'

I'm using gentoolkit-0.2.0_pre10-r1

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) 2004-12-08 03:46:55 UTC]

etcat is deprecated, use equery instead (and upgrade to gentoolkit-0.2.0_rc1).

[Comment 2 Peter `MathFox' Roozemaal 2004-12-16 06:51:34 UTC]

Don't forget to update the Gentoo Handbook... I still see references to etcat in section 2.2.c

[Comment 3 Diederik van der Boor 2004-12-16 10:59:44 UTC]

> etcat is deprecated, use equery instead
> (and upgrade to gentoolkit-0.2.0_rc1).

Thanks. I have gentoolkit-0.2 (final) installed.

I did notice that 'etcat -u' produces this python error with every package I tried. Can't this feature just be disabled or being fixed?

On a side note, there are 2 problems for me if I want to dump etcat:
- Bug #71737, `equery uses` doesn't query for packages that are not installed.
- I'd love to have a nice version overview 'etcat -v' provides. :-)

[Comment 4 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) 2004-12-24 06:17:02 UTC]

*** Bug 75121 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***