Bug 448910 – net-mail/queue-repair - Force python version to 2.x. - pkg_postinst - SyntaxError: invalid token "0750" at file "/usr/bin/queue-repair.py", line 69

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE

[Description brad 2012-12-27 19:41:33 UTC]

Qmail fails with error:

>>> Installing (1 of 1) mail-mta/netqmail-1.06
 * >>> SetUID: [chmod go-r] /var/qmail/bin/qmail-queue ...                                                                                  [ ok ]
 * Setting up the message queue hierarchy
  File "/usr/bin/queue-repair.py", line 69
    'queue' :           ('qmailq', 'qmail', 0750, 0),
                                               ^
SyntaxError: invalid token
 * ERROR: mail-mta/netqmail-1.06 failed (postinst phase):
 *   queue-repair failed
 *
 * Call stack:
 *     ebuild.sh, line   93:  Called pkg_postinst
 *   environment, line 2193:  Called qmail_queue_setup
 *   environment, line 2487:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *       /usr/bin/queue-repair.py --create ${myconf} --split ${mysplit} "${ROOT}${QMAIL_HOME}" > /dev/null || die 'queue-repair failed'
 *
 * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=mail-mta/netqmail-1.06'`,
 * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=mail-mta/netqmail-1.06'`.
 * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/mail-mta/netqmail-1.06/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/mail-mta/netqmail-1.06/temp/environment'.
 * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/mail-mta/netqmail-1.06'
 * S: '/var/tmp/portage/mail-mta/netqmail-1.06/work/netqmail-1.06'
!!! FAILED postinst: 1

>>> Recording mail-mta/netqmail in "world" favorites file...

 * Messages for package mail-mta/netqmail-1.06:

 * ERROR: mail-mta/netqmail-1.06 failed (postinst phase):
 *   queue-repair failed
 *
 * Call stack:
 *     ebuild.sh, line   93:  Called pkg_postinst
 *   environment, line 2193:  Called qmail_queue_setup
 *   environment, line 2487:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *       /usr/bin/queue-repair.py --create ${myconf} --split ${mysplit} "${ROOT}${QMAIL_HOME}" > /dev/null || die 'queue-repair failed'
 *
 * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=mail-mta/netqmail-1.06'`,
 * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=mail-mta/netqmail-1.06'`.
 * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/mail-mta/netqmail-1.06/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/mail-mta/netqmail-1.06/temp/environment'.
 * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/mail-mta/netqmail-1.06'
 * S: '/var/tmp/portage/mail-mta/netqmail-1.06/work/netqmail-1.06'
>>> Auto-cleaning packages...

>>> No outdated packages were found on your system.

 * GNU info directory index is up-to-date.

 * IMPORTANT: 19 config files in '/etc' need updating.

 * IMPORTANT: config file '/var/qmail/control/servercert.cnf' needs updating.
 * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge
 * man page to learn how to update config files.

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email1 service # emerge mail-mta/qmail



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solution:
eselect python set 2 (set to 3.2)

bug in ebuild

[Comment 1 brad 2012-12-27 19:42:11 UTC]

emailer1 bin # emerge --info
Portage 2.1.11.31 (hardened/linux/x86, gcc-4.5.4, glibc-2.15-r3, 3.5.4-hardened-r1 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-3.5.4-hardened-r1-i686-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_E5-2650L_0_@_1.80GHz-with-gentoo-2.1
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:00:01 +0000
ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.22
app-shells/bash:          4.2_p37
dev-lang/python:          2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3
dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.27.1
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.1-r1
sys-apps/openrc:          0.11.8
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.5
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.69
sys-devel/automake:       1.11.6
sys-devel/binutils:       2.22-r1
sys-devel/gcc:            4.5.4
sys-devel/gcc-config:     1.7.3
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4-r1
sys-devel/make:           3.82-r4
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.6 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.15-r3
Repositories: gentoo
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa /var/qmail/alias /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FCFLAGS="-march=i686 -O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
FFLAGS="-march=i686 -O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="acl berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups cxx dri gdbm gpm hardened iconv imap ipv6 maildir mmx modules mudflap mysql ncurses nls nptl openmp pam pax_kernel pcre pic pppd readline session sse sse2 ssl tcpd unicode urandom x86 zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint i128 i740 intel mach64 mga nsc nv r128 radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa via vmware nouveau" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON

[Comment 2 Robin Johnson 2013-05-27 00:20:56 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 435334 ***