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Bug 11219

Summary: Unable to run the bootstrap script during a Gentoo 1.2 install
Product: Gentoo Release Media Reporter: Marc Elson <marc.elson>
Component: EverythingAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: blocker    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Marc Elson 2002-11-25 14:22:51 UTC
I had to reinstall Gentoo after a severe hardware crash. When I got to the
bootstrap step, I got this message :
Using >=sys-apps/baselayout-1.7.3
Using >=sys-apps/portage-1.8.9_pre25
Using >=sys-devel/binutils-2.13.90.0.4
Using =sys-devel/gcc-2.95.3-r7
Using sys-devel/gettext
Using =sys-libs/glibc-2.2.5-r7
Using >=sys-apps/texinfo-4.2-r1
Using sys-libs/zlib
Using <sys-libs/ncurses-5.2.20020112a
Calculating dependencies   !!! Name error in : category or package part missing.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1220, in ?
    mykey=portage.db[portage.root]["porttree"].dep_bestmatch(mypkg)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 2096, in dep_bestmatch
    if not self.hasnode(mykey):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 1851, in hasnode
    myreskey=self.resolve_key(mykey)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 1800, in resolve_key
    self.load(mykey)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 1759, in load
    self.populate()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 2456, in populate
    self.domask()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 2464, in domask
    self.zap(y)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 1771, in zap
    mykey=cps[0]+"/"+cps[1]
TypeError: unsubscriptable object
Calculating dependencies   !!! Name error in : category or package part missing.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1220, in ?
    mykey=portage.db[portage.root]["porttree"].dep_bestmatch(mypkg)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 2096, in dep_bestmatch
    if not self.hasnode(mykey):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 1851, in hasnode
    myreskey=self.resolve_key(mykey)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 1800, in resolve_key
    self.load(mykey)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 1759, in load
    self.populate()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 2456, in populate
    self.domask()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 2464, in domask
    self.zap(y)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 1771, in zap
    mykey=cps[0]+"/"+cps[1]
TypeError: unsubscriptable object

Does anyone know how to correct this ? I didn't found anything about it.
Thank you
Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2002-11-25 15:20:50 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 10578 ***
Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-03-25 11:24:19 UTC
Moving these so we can remove the "Install CD" component from "Gentoo Linux".

I apologize to everyone for this spam, but according to the bugzilla developers,
this is the only reasonable way to do this.