During bootstrap: After chrooting to /mnt/gentoo if I try to do an env-update I get the following error: !!! 'str' object has no attribute 'insert' !!! 'rm -Rf /usr/portage/profiles; emerge sync' may fix this. I already did deleting /usr/portage/profile three times and synced my whole network at the same time. Clues: I'm using a 2004.2 LiveCD, distfiles is centralized exporting via NFS (ro) and is up to date. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash 2. env-update 3. enjoi the fine error msg ;)
I downgraded the severity level because IMHO there is a relatively easy but somewhat timeconsuming answer: downloading new stage and portage tarballs from a mirror, this is not very bandwith wasting for a stage1, anyway. The problem seems to come from using an older stage1 with a newer version of the portage snapshot.